[IC] RWBY Saga: Generations After Us

[ChazGhost]

Quest: Vale's Villains
Croc Sustrai and Bruno Port

Location: Vale streets
Nearby: Team CROC
@Tags: IG42 The Suspicious Eye

Things went from argument between to large group to them run for there lives from Grimm that came out of no where. Croc, who was still take pictures as the Grimm appeared. "Well... This shot will worth even more now" Croc said snapping a few quick pictures of the Grimm as they came out. Croc of course then hurriedly put the camera away as Cirrus told him to get down to the street. He was getting to jump down when he noticed one of the Grimm starting to climb up a building. "Not sure what he's up to but if he I can't let him escape if that what he plans to do" Croc said to himself before backing up on the roof he was on. Then he sprinted off the roof and used his grappling hook to swing to the Grimm climbing the wall and grabbed onto to it's back. "Were you going big man?" Croc said climbing on top of the Grimm. Then he stabbed both sides of "flesh" next to the grimm's head.

Bruno went into action very quickly. Bruno went after the grimm picking up the crowd with it's huge hands. Io had the same idea. Then when the beast launched Io, Bruno slightly angry used the saw on his weapon to finish what Io started and cut into the grimms arm even more, to the point where their was a huge wound and starting to become useless. The grimm tried to do what it did to Io to Bruno but Bruno blocked the grimms attack with his weapon and his semblance. With the small distance made by the attack Bruno unleashed several fire dust bullets at the grimm.

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Quest: Vale VilliansSkyler Eden Sharp

Location: Dusk to Dust Shop
Interacting: Team SEAS
Mentioned: Professor Sharp and Headmaster Pine
Tags: WoodenZebra Brinni The Suspicious Eye ChazGhost

Sky watched as the young girl began to dash toward her. Quickly she snatched her daggers, firmly reading herself and activating the poison dust in bedded in the blades. One moment Sky was dead set on the girl and the next, she was gone. Shocked at the sudden disappearing act, she looked around her quickly, taking notice of the girl behind her arching down her blade down toward Sky, before watching her throw a spiked blade toward her cousin. Not having it, she activated her semblance, encasing herself in an ice blue aura, as time came to a near complete stop.

Six. Skyler dashed over to her cousin, putting herself between the blade and Sage. Five. She took a deep breath and examined the room. Four. She knocked the blade out of the air, making it fly off to the back wall and sinking deep into it. Three. Breath and relaxed her heart, and focused on the girl's openings. Two. Pick a spot and throw the poison dagger toward her small arm, cutting deep into the skin. One. Retract dagger, Hold, and relax.

The world around her returned back to how it used to be. The Blade that was about to sink into Sage was on the back wall, most likely stuck. Sage was behind Skyler as she continued to relax her heart before it burst in her chest. I don't need to have my father's contraption back in me... The one thing that she was focused on was the girl as she attacked the spot she was at last, with a new purple wound that was slowly going to kill her. "Don't mess with me," she hissed, angry at the girl for attacking her cousin, "Sage, get back to Schafer and keep old man Jeff safe."

Skyler looked back to Sage and gave him a light push to get him out of the ticking time bomb that was the shop. She began to twirl her daggers on their wire strings, keeping an eye on the girl. Skyler kept her distance as she circled the girl, staying close to the walls, not allowing her to pop up behind her again and getting in a close distance to Saffron to get the hell out of the shop if it began to explode in all of the dust around them. "You don't have long before it kills you," Skyler announced, "Your aura can't fight off the poison running through your blood. The moment you get to a hospital, they will arrest you, of course, treat you but you wouldn't be able to escape."

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Quest: Besting the Beasts

Location: Wild Forest of Vale
Teams: SABL and PRWI
@Tags: Brinni Hibiscus KingofCool LoneSniper87 Black Jade

Jade nodded. "Yeah, no problem," she said curtly. Eager to get away from the, what is perceived to be, the naivete of Onyx. She took off higher into the trees, missing on the conversation. There's nothing wrong with a Huntsman being honorable, she's right in thinking we should conduct ourselves with honor, but only when the missions deal with people. We're hunting mindless creatures that wouldn't give us the chance to recover, so why should we extend them the courtesy. It's tantamount to suicide. Especially if we've got one Grimm outnumbered 8 to 1. Where's the "honor" in that?
She reached the top, matching her body movements to the swaying of the branch. She scanned the area then sent a text back to Nix.
"None seem to be approaching. The bit we've got a pack of 8 Wulfs about half a mile to the north and 4 Sobeks a quarter mile to the northeast."

Phoenix watched Onyx walk away as he was left behind with Pyro. He looked over to him and spoke up, "I trust you, but you need to learn to not be pulled in by a woman's charm..." Phoenix stopped as he felt his scroll go off. It was Jade and he sent her an 'Okay, come back to us' as he called out to the rest of the group. "Got a report from Jade," he called out, "4 Sobeks northeast and then 8 Beowulfs a half mile north of us. How do you want to do this?"

Summer hopped off Titan's back and came back over to Pyro and her twin. "Alright," she crossed her arms, "The Sobeks are the smallest and closest group. We can send the fastest of us to handle the Sobeks and then meet up with the other group heading straight north. I suggest you go to the Sobeks, Phoenix." Summer pointed over to her twin, which he nodded in agreement. "Alright, I can use my semblance to get us there faster and get a jump on them. But who else do you have in mind to join us?"

She gave her twin a smirk and continued, "Jade and I will go with you. We are the fastest and she can lead the way. I'm expecting the Sobeks to be in the water again, so her lightning dust will come in handy again." Summer pointed down to the river and traced it as it slowly moved east and then curved up north before it disappeared behind the bend and treeline. "Unless anyone has a better idea," she looked around to the group, "If not, the faster we get this done, the faster we will be able to find a place to rest a bit. These will make 14 Beowulfs and 11 Sobeks. A third of the way done."

"Sounds like a plan, but I'm coming too." She said to Summer. "You will need the extra person, especially against foes like these." She reasoned, turning to face the, better. "If you disagree with me, so be it. Just offering in all honesty." She said. She had the suspicion she would be turned down after her little argument with Jade, but she wasn't one to hold grudges over something as little as morales. Not during a mission, at least.

The honor debate wasn't the most intriguing to Titan, for many reasons. Titan knew all life was precious, even foes, but he never considered Grimm life. They were more of a plague, less than animals. If they could be domesticated or reasoned with, it would be different, but Titan would have to see it to treat it differently.

Instead, Phoenix followed through, ripping through the last the Sobek. Titan climbed out of the water as the teams spoke, replacing the cartridges in his gauntlets. That's the last of my shells, eight shots a piece. Cocking the gauntlets with just enough time to catch Summer as she jumped onto him. The smile that Titan had was the first genuine one since his date the day before, and it felt amazing having one of the twins on his shoulders.

"I'm glad you liked it," Titan ruffled her hair as she jumped off, watching her go back to the teams. Titan followed behind, not sending Pyro a glare on his way back, but not smiling at him either. As he listened to the plan, Titan frowned at the mention of the twins going off without him, but agreed that he wasn't the faster; nor would he help with the element of surprise.

Titan looked to Onyx and then backed to Summer, "I think she should go. Fast, agile, and I'm sure she can be stealthy.". Logically, it made sense for the half second Titan thought about it. Teams split in half, evenly, and the fastest altogether.

When Onyx stepped up to join their team, the twins glanced at each other. Almost like they were debating telepathically, but when Titan spoke up to back up Onyx in joining, Summer broke off from the mental convo and nodded. "Alright," she announced to the group, "Once Jade and Val come back to us, we will split up and head out to deal with these Grimm. Keep close to each other and have your scroll ready in case of an emergency."

Phoenix wasn't very fond of the idea of having a group of four going toward a group of 8 Beowulfs since that's a bit dangerous for first years, but if Titan was with the others, he knew they could handle themselves. "There they are," he called out once he saw the familiar blond Faunus hoped down from the tree. He waved Jade and Val over as the group was huddled up together.

"Alright," Summer called out as soon as the whole gang was together, "Here's the game plan. Team 1, Pyro, Ivory, Val and Titan, will go north, where Jade saw the Beowulfs. Do not attack unless they attack or until Team 2, Jade, Onyx, Nix and I are back with all of you. The more people there to even the playing field the better. Any objections before her split up?" Phoenix smiled at his sister's ability to be a leader and nodded in agreement with her orders.

"Keep safe and call if anything happens," he repeated Summer's words from earlier, "If anything strange comes up, report it. Shamrock wants a report on any findings we come across, other than the Grimm we find." Summer crossed her arms and recalled the conversation Shamrock had with the teams upon departing. "Right, I forgot about the search of something odd. Well, anyway, let's get a move on. It's past noon now, we can't afford to waste any more time," she announced.

'Thanks, Titan'
Onyx mouthed to him with a thankful grin, then turned back to Summer and the others. "Agreed, lead the way, Sum," Onyx said, moving toward where Jade spotted Sobeks. After a minute of silent walking, Onyx spoke up. "Summer, Phoenix... Did your parents ever speak of their adventures?"

Titan smiled back to Onyx, appreciating her praise. The man watched as the group walked away, heading into the forest. They seemed to be contemplating the success of the attack, but Titan didn't give much mind as they disappeared into the brush. The twins were a call away, and Titan knew he could get through this forest easily with enough fire power.

TItan looked to Pyro, seeing if the leader of PRWI would take over.

Come back to us

Jade put her scroll away and began to make her way back down, keeping an eye out for anything unusual. Outside of the sheer number of Grimm in the area, nothing seemed too out of place, but she couldn't help but wonder.

What's drawing them all here?

She landed on the ground and moved over to the group when Nix waved her over. "So....what's the play here?" she asked. She didn't have to wait long for her answer as Summer started speaking. Something did, however, seem wrong about the plan, but she kept quiet. Summer was on a roll and seemed proud of herself and Jade didn't want to ruin it.

Team one doesn't have much fighting strength if something goes wrong. Sure Titan is formidable and Pyro can hold his own...but what about the others?

She hadn't actually seen Valentine's combat capabilities and she had no idea what Ivory was capable of doing besides making a clown of himself. He was always missing group training to do some kind of special training with his mother it seemed to her. Besides all that, she didn't want to embarrass Pyro in front of the girl that liked him, and that he maybe liked? by bringing up the fact that they had no idea what Ivory could do, it would make him seem like a shoddy leader.

"Well Jade and Phoenix should lead the way since Nix has his semblance, and Jade knows the way," Summer answered as she followed behind her brother. It was new to her to have Nix lead, normally it would have been her dragging him around in her little adventures, but it felt refreshing for him to lead this time. When Onyx spoke up about the twin's parents, Phoenix quickly cleared the misunderstanding, "By 'parents', you mean our mom, aunt, and grandfather, then yes. They told us plenty of stories." Summer offered Onyx a small smile as she continued, "The topic of 'parents' is a sour topic for Nix... since we never had our dad around. We don't even know if he is even alive... The only father figure we had was Grandpa Tai."

Summer became quiet, knowing that if she pushed the topic, it would only make Phoenix grumpy. She quickly let out a light laugh as she finally answered Onyx's question, "But yeah our mom was always open in telling us stories about her time in Beacon. Especially, Aunt Yang, she spoke a lot about your mom." Phoenix spoke up, his voice not solemn nor too happy, "Of course not all of the stories that mom and Aunt Yang told us were fun and happy... many of them were very dark and sad, but in every story, they told us, there was always something to learn from them." Summer walked up to him and took a hold of his hand, giving it a quick squeeze to tell him that everything would be alright. Those dark tales were always hard on them both, but they always found a way to get through them.

"I think it's time to pick up our speed and deal with the Sobeks," Phoenix looked over to the group and continued, "Stay close and silent." With that the surrounding area became darker until it became pitch black, with small pillars of light, slowly made the shadow version of the forest appear as if everything was dimmed down. The longer one looked into the pillars and wall of light, she could make out the small areas of grass or dirt and the river that we were following on our way to the Sobeks. Soon enough, the shadow realm that Phoenix was controlling settled in a visible way with the pillars of light becoming dimmer along with the area.

Following Phoenix's aura, as they want, they eventually made it to the small cluster of four sobers that were enjoying themselves in the river within a few minutes thanks to Nix's semblance that allowed them to speed their way here. Summer signaled for Phoenix to hold and with out saying a word, pointed out which Sobek belongs to who. The first on the left was Onyx's, the second one was Summer's, the third was Jade's and the last was Phoenix's. The moment Jade paralyzes the Sobeks in place with her lighting dust, they would make their move to attack.

As Jade walked she watched as the world became almost a photo-negative of itself. It wasn't her first time in this strange "Shadow Realm" but it still squigged her out a little. Finally, they reached the location of the Sobeks. Silently, Summer pointed out which one was her target. Nodding her understanding Jade loaded another lightning dust clip.

Hopefully, we won't need to use the whole thing. I've got one more clip after this one.

She looked carefully at how the Sobeks were more spread out than the ones before. She aimed at the water between the four, to get the maximum effect despite the diffusion. She watched as the shock hit all four of them, but didn't realize that Summer's target had been too far for a full stun. As soon as she pulled the trigger, she switched the clip to a normal one and her weapon back to a spear and said "30-45 seconds. Go." and charged in without waiting on an order from Summer.

Reaching her target she aimed, lunged, and pulled the trigger for an extra burst of speed. She hadn't counted on how tough their hides were as she barely penetrated the things chest, leaving hardly more than a scratch. Cursing she kept up with a blinding series of stabs and cuts, occasionally using her shots to deliver more damage, but it wasn't quite enough. The Sobek moved and slapped her away with more force than she was expecting, then turned towards Onyx. As Jadeflew she twisted in mid-air and threw her spear. It drove home, piercing its throat. The Grimm collapsed and she hit a tree.

Seriously? Again? was her last thought before the impact knocked her out.

Summer jumped into action as soon as Jade called it, and ran wide of the Sobek that she was focussing on. Dagger in hand she sent them toward the body when the Sobek looked toward her, she was shocked. I took down two of you when you guys were awake, I can do it again. Quickly using her semblance, she retracted her daggers back to her pouch and activated her clawed gloves along with the ice dust that she used before. This time sending ice blades toward the water, freezing the water around it.

Phoenix took out Thorn as he began to close the gap by shooting his Sobek. Once he was close enough, he turned Thorn into a scythe and tried to stab it. The hide was thicker than before, as he was only a few inches into it, but once he activated the chainsaw, it cut right through. Taking some shots to make sure the Grimm was down, he looked over to Jade as she was flung off toward the tree line. "Jade!" He called out as he removed Thorn from the dead Grimm. Getting out of the water, he positioned himself in front of Jade, making sure to protect her if one of the Sobeks decides to charge at her.

Summer heard her brother call out to his partner and it only causes her to curse at the thought that someone was injured. I should have taken someone else with us. Using the last of her ice dust, she sent ice blade that was able to nearly cut through the hide and once there was an opening, she used her own claws to repeatedly stab at the wound. The Sobek thrashed under her attack, which did nothing to Summer as she had one of her clawed hands deep in the Grimm as the other continued to stab until it went limp. Out of breath, she looked over to Phoenix and Jade, making her way over to them, as she used her semblance to take back Jade's weapon out of the water for her. "Check on her to make sure she's fine," Phoenix ordered as he dashed over to Onyx and the Sobek in order to help.

Onyx looked back only for a moment, then returned her attention to the Sobek ahead of her. "Summer, judgment call time. We could either push back and form a perimeter around Jade, or keep up here and try to keep them from getting past. Your call." She said, slashing her sword up to disorient the beast, then twirling to its side and stabbing it in back to cripple it.

Summer leaned Jade's weapon onto the tree, as she slowly pulled her forward to examine her back. Her scratched were slowly being healed by her aura, which meant that the force of the impact was the cause of knocking her out. Phoenix didn't stop to look at her sister as Onyx asked for her judgment, as he cursed under his breath. Who cares about a stupid plan! He drove the blade of the scythe on the mud and began to take shots at the last Sobek. Summer looked back at Onyx and ordered, "Take down the last Sobek! There is no time to waste!" Turning back to the Jade, she began to figure out a way to carry Jade while she is unconscious.

Once Pheonix and Onyx were done with the Sobek, Summer positioned Jade in order to pick her up onto her back to carry her toward the group. "Alright, let's get to the others," she announced as she got comfortable with the way she was holding Jade. Jade's weapon in Summer's hands as she held her up. Glad I train with Titan, but maybe Jade is just light. Phoenix followed his sister as he was still outraged at the need of a plan when there was clearly one set before hand. He looked down to Jade on Summer's back and asked her, "I can carry her, you know."

Summer looked up and just smiled, "I know, but I can handle it." Phoenix nodded and looked back at Onyx and called out to her. "You know..." he slowed his pace to match Onyx's, "There are some things that don't need a plan. What would you have done is it was Summer that was knocked out? Would you stop and ask for judgment from Jade or me? I wouldn't have waited for Pyro's call. I would have assessed the situation and acted. Yes, Summer is your leader, but sometimes you have to make your own judgment call. Other's lives are on the line when you don't..."

With that, he walked ahead of the girl which had Summer to look at his hunched and angry back. Summer looked at Onyx, over her shoulder and called out, "Don't mind him... he get's that way when it comes to those he cares about. Jade is his partner, it's only rational to call out your hesitation." Summer took a deep breath and continued, "But he's right you know... what would you have done if it was me and not Jade... Would you have hesitated to be told what to do? And you!" She then turned her attention to her twin and gave his back a hard kick, "Don't talk to my teammate like that! And stop with that, you will only attract more Grimm." Phoenix sent Summer a glare but just huffed as he crossed his arms in defeat, "Fine, whatever... Sorry..."

Onyx scowled at nothing at the constant badgering, it only seemed she made wrong turns today. "Sorry I'd rather confirm on something we can agree on rather than act on my own and do something wrong that endangers everyone. Is it so much to ask? Would you rather me have made a judgment call? Would you rather me do before I think? Would you rather me-" She cut herself off before she could finish. She wanted to finish with 'would you rather I act like an animal,' but she realized it was uncalled for. "Jade is my friend too, Phoenix... What would have done if I was there, someone whom you barely know? I doubt your words would hold merit then." She finished, keeping her glare focused on the path ahead, her fists clenching in her own anger.

"I would have protected the group by acting..." Phoenix answered Onyx, "That's why I told Summer to stay with Jade because I knew I could have offered a better hand in defeating the Grimm. Summer is low on her aura..." He pointed out the slight absence of the skip in Summer's usual walk as he continued, "You can check your scroll, she's just past half of her aura... it would be bad if she got lower and she was attacked... I'm not mad I'm just worried."

Summer freed one of her hands and pulled out her scroll, which he was correct. Then again, he was her twin, he knew her better than anyone. She returned the scroll back into her pocket and returned her hold on Jade. "I was trying to not make it obvious..." Summer announced as she went silent for a moment, "I'll be fine, that's why I said we should rest after getting these Grimm out of the way."

"Summer, you should hang back this time... at your currently standing you would be best protecting Jade rather than on the front lines," Onyx said. She glanced back at Phoenix, her glare not softening a bit. "Had we just pushed, theoretically, to take out the Grimm. A gap in our line would be made, in which Grimm or other enemies could have broken through to you and an unconscious Jade, which is bad." She said, forcibly opening her hands and taking deep, slow breaths. "I asked not out of hesitation, but out of tactics. Not out of the chain of command, but strategy. Do you understand that?" She said, her eyes now softening but her voice still holding a razor's edge.

"I understand..." Phoenix called out, not facing her, "Like I said, I'm sorry for my outburst. It wasn't fair of me to do that to you." Summer looked at her twin and then to Onyx which brought a smile to her face. She knew it wasn't the time, but she couldn't help be amused by her brother's sudden defeat. Normally he would last longer than that! "Alright," she tried not to laugh, "I will stick to being with Jade, but no one tells Titan... He would be too focused on me than the mission. I think it should be noted that I know how to use your weapon Nix... but do you know how to use Jade's? I ask because I can help with suppressive fire if needed."

Phoenix finally turned to face the girl and shook his head, "Sadly... we haven't gotten the chance to do that... I mean we are bearly on our second week... And stop laughing, Sum." She finally let out her laugh and answered, "Oh come on! What happened to the Nix who stands his ground until he wins the conversation? What happened to you, did a certain girl caught your cold heart?" Phoenix looked away from his sister, hiding his embarrassed look, "I don't know what you are talking about?" Summer smiled as she tried to walk a bit faster, "Jade told me you two were dating~" That caught Nix's attention as he exclaimed, loudly, "WHAT!?"

Onyx looked over at the two and glared. "Shush!" She proclaimed. "As long as we can settle on a plan to keep Jade safe, we can work something out." She said, a slight grin still on her face over the two siblings messing with on another. "And Phoenix, do be careful with how you react. You may end up in the infirmary for it." She said, mainly as a joke, but the underlying threat was there, even if it wasn't to be from her.

 

[Brinni]

Saffron Auran Zephyr-Valkyrie

Location: Dust Shop
Nearby: SEAS, Trix, Jester
@Tags: ChazGhost
Mentions: KarenAKAMint WoodenZebra
Mood: Determined

Saffron took in everything. The destroyed shop, his teammates fending off the criminals, even the shop keep fine outside. If only Sky was so she'd be safe from this. He looked back at Jester and cracked his neck. "There really is no choice. The mission is to stop you. And if I happen to die in the process so be it. I'll be remembered as the brave Huntsman Saffron who gave his life trying to stop some nameless, two-bit thief." Spreading his legs a little further apart he focused his aura as the wind in the shop began to pick up and swirl around him. Faster and faster, the air swirled around him. Shards of glass, discarded papers, loose dust crystals. Anything light that wasn't nailed down nearby got picked up in to his personal cyclone. He began to walk towards Jester.

"Funny thing about throwing weapons and explosions. Not much good when your opponent can control the wind and make a gale force storm since hitting your target becomes a lot harder." Sweat was beginning to form on his brow, from keeping up the sheer force of wind. He wouldn't be able to keep this up much longer, he could feel the aura draining. He estimated he had about two more minutes, tops, before his aura ran out. Between the glass and the volatile dust crystals swirling around him though, nobody was going to be able to walk through it without getting injured. He stopped so the storm was just far enough away from Jester that he could feel the wind without getting hurt. Jester's cape fluttered towards Saffron, indicating the wind current was moving towards the storm. He raised his eyebrow.

"Now you have 30 seconds to leave here, empty handed but alive or else like you said, we both won't make it out. But my body will be recognizable and people will miss me" Saffron raised an eyebrow and slightly altered the wind, causing two red dust crystals to smash and ignite, causing a controlled firestorm around him. "So clown, your first choice against a determined Huntsman. What's it going to be?"

 

[ChazGhost]

Quest Vale Villains
Jester Nightmarish

Location: Ruined dust shop
Nearby: Teams SEAS and Trix
@Tags: Brinni The Suspicious Eye

Jester thought listening to Saffron calmly even when Saffron began making a wind storm. He did back up a few feet when the wind was ignite. "Well color me impressed you didn't run away. But while you get an A for effort you get an D in logic." Jester said shaking his head.

"First you'll be know as a brave huntsman for a week to maybe a month before the spot light moves on to another person and then maybe your team and family will remember you. But you won't be even a foot note in history realistically kid." Jester said as he began reaching for one of his blue bomb balls. "Next we still have two minutes not thirty seconds before the bombs go of" Jester said looking at the counter which stilled held dust crystals. "And then lastly who said this was the first time fighting a huntsman? I've killed... five... maybe eight huntsmen at this point kid." Jester again pointed out.

"Kid I don't know how long you can keep this little wind storm up but once your tired out I will happily kill... Or we'll be both killed by the explosion caused by the bomb blowing up the dust crystals" Jester said with the blue bomb ball in hand and ready to throw it. ...If he tries. getting any closer I can slam this into the ground, a make a small ice barrier... It won't last long against a fire tornado... but it'll buy me a little time... Jester thought to himself.

 

[IG42]

Quest: Vale VilliansCirrus Jay Schnee

Location: Vale Streets
Nearby: Team CROC
@Tags: The Suspicious Eye ChazGhost

Flying over the concrete with the still unconscious girl in his arms Cirrus summoned an Atlas Knight's arm and flipped himself upright to land on his feet. Grimacing at the noticeable dent in his Aura he let the extra limb dissipate and sprinted over to a small group of fleeing people, hurriedly he passed off his burden in spite of some sputtered protests. "Just take her!" He yelled without looking away from the advancing Grimm.

Glaring at the enemies he crouched low and spread a pair of silvery white Nevermore wings from his back. With a single flap he launched into the air before launching a barrage of pointed feathers at his pursuers, he didn't expect the attack to cause any real harm to the Grimm intending more to keep hold of their attention instead, the more of them that were trying to catch him the less there would be going after the civilians. Skimming low to the ground he flitted between the two attackers and launched another volley at their backs before zipping towards a Brutus that was in the process of throwing a lamp post.

Extending his weapon once more and whipping the end around the post Cirrus created a series of glyphs that propelled it away from the fleeing people and, combined with his own momentum and trajectory sent it swinging around it the Grimm's armoured jaw.

Tugging the blade off of the lamp post, bisecting it in the process he ascended just out of reach of any grabbing hands and glanced over his teammates before barking out a some quick advice. "Bruno blind it with ice then Io go for the hamstrings! Croc keep that one's attention and get back down and give me a hand!"

 

[Brinni]

Saffron Auran Zephyr-Valkyrie

Location: Dust Shop
Nearby: SEAS, Trix, Jester
@Tags: ChazGhost

Saffron smiled as he watched from the corner of his eye and saw a small red ball come out from behind the counter and get pulled in to his whirlwind. He may not be the smartest hunter, but he wasn't a total idiot. He kept it directly behind him hoping Jester hadn't seen it yet. He didn't have much time left and he still needed some aura for what he had planned. Turning his head to look past Jester, he said to the empty space that was there "I'm ok with us both dying for this. But honestly? Only one of us is failing today. Go for it Sky!" Taking advantage of the momentary distraction he sent the flames at Jester, walking towards him to keep the control in his range, but split them from his opponent at the last second like a blade of grass against the edge of a sharp knife. He instead guided the flames at the tires of the truck, melting them partially to make the getaway slower as the tires would stick to the roads and sent the orb in to the back of the loaded truck on a second current using the flames to hide the orbs movements.

"Crap. Not enough heat to weld them to the floor. Guess I'm the one that failed." He smiled as he collapsed to the ground, his aura depleted. He cursed in his home language before passing out.

 

[The Suspicious Eye]

Quest: Riot ControlLocation: Vale streets
Nearby: Team CROC
@Tags: IG42 ChazGhost
The Grimm looked over at the new huntsman who'd climbed on top of him and growled at him angrily. Only to let out a pained yelp as the the hunstman stabbed his sides next to his head. Releasing one hand to swat at Croc he missed the agile faunus and swatted his own head. Feeling the full weight of his powerful fists the grimm slid down the building and slammed onto the ground. Taking a second to gather his bearings he growled and slammed his fists against the building over and over again causing the unsteady building to shake and begin to crack. The grimm was determined to drop Croc onto the ground even if it meant bringing the building down with him.

Meanwhile the grimm who was near Bruno wailed in pain as that secondary cut sliced the Brutus's hand to where he couldn't use it. Feeling the power of the fire bullets right to it's chest the grimm raised up his working arm to block the rest of them, only to trip over the sidewalk and fall back onto a mailbox.

The two grimm who chased Cirrus were slow and couldn't keep up with the nimble huntsman. They plowed through the clearing streets towards the crowd as Cirrus released the girl to the evacuating crowd. Sirens could be heard in the distance but they were still to far away to do anything yet. Barrelling towards Cirrus the two stopped and looked up at he sprouted winds and flew above them. Raising their arms in protection from the attacks the two gave disgruntled grunts as they were hit from behind.

The grimm who was hit in the jaw watched his mask crack and shatter before red blood gushed from it's open face and it fell forward onto the ground, dead.

The two grim turned and saw their fallen brother and charged at Cirrus once more ready to tear his pretty wings apart.

Quest: Vale VilliansLocation: What's left of From Dust Till Dawn
Nearby: Team SEAS, Villains
@: Brinni KarenAKAMint ChazGhost WoodenZebra
Trix couldn't see Skyler moving as fast as she did but she felt the blade cut her deep and glared. Her eyes became unfocused as her pupils narrowed and the timed returned. Landing on the ground Trix inspected the wound and listened to the huntswoman as she said she was going to die. Glancing ever so slightly at Jester she focused on Skyler, "I'm not afraid to die." Trix dashed for the girl dodging the wired daggers as she snapped her blade into a whip and spun it around getting it twisted with the wires. Once she got close to Skyler she vanished only to appear at the girl's feet and went to bite into Skyler's leg. Only she was stopped mid air and dragged towards the depleting fire storm and beside the truck. The rubble that was whipping around in the winds Saffron created floated out of the vortex and was floating above Sage and Schafer ready to be dropped at any moment.

A slender woman, with raven hair and familiar golden eyes, in a silky black dress walked past Schafer, past Sage and into the shop and stood beside Saffron. She placed her blade sharp heel against the artery his neck. One more push and she'd pierce into the foolish child's throat and kill him. "I think that's enough for today." She looked at the team with a smug smile on her face. "You all are starting to become a problem. Then again, blatant disregard for buildings and lives? Maybe I might hire you all one day." She glanced at Jester, before speaking sternly, "Trix."

The poisoned girl stood to her feet and nodded as she placed her hand onto the truck and the two were gone. Trix passing out in the trailer as the semi truck drove off.

The raven haired woman notice Sage try to move and dropped a piece of rubble in front of him. "I wouldn't try anything." She pushed her heel deeper into Saffron's neck piercing the skin as blood began to dribble out. "Now. It's high time we make our own departure. Jester." As he dropped a smoke bomb the two vanished before the smoke could clear leaving only the aftermath of their fight along with a little surprise. The rubble that was above Sage and Schafer's head fell towards them all the while something above beeped steadily as timers counted down. Fifteen, Fourteen, Thirteen, Twelve...

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Quest: Vale VillainsSkyler Eden Sharp

Location: Dusk to Dust Shop
Interacting: Team SEAS
Mentioned: Professor Sharp and Headmaster Pine
Tags: WoodenZebra Brinni The Suspicious Eye ChazGhost

Skyler was ready for anything the girl through at her as he focus was on her and Saffron. She was able to take hold of her daggers as Trix began to dash over to her, but was swept away from a new gush of wind. She had to grab a hold of something to not suffer the same thing as the girl, but that only distracted her as heard the clicking of heels. When they stopped, she looked over to Saffron that laid on the ground, out cold, and a woman threatening to kill him.

Skyler was furious, but before she can do anything she also noticed the rubble that was dangling above Schafer and Sage's heads. Sky laughed at the mystery woman's comment and answered, "We were only playing in the setting your idiot of hires left." She watched the girl hopped into the truck and turned her full attention to the woman, watching her every move. Observe and you will see the small ticks one has, she recalled her father tell her. Never let the enemy have the upper hand, her uncle would always remind her.

She was so entranced in the woman, that she didn't notice Sage wanting to step in. She twitched as she stood still watching the rubble fall and Saffron's blood slip out. The sudden smoke bomb was surprising, but Skyler took the opportunity to run over to Saf and begin to drag him out of the shop. The rubble above Schaffer and Sage's head, stopped her as she stopped dragging Saffron and activated her semblance.

Six. She ran toward the two and pushed them out of the way. Five. Breath and observe. She noticed the smallest hint of red light. Four. She began to pull the rubble apart in order to find the source of the light. Three. A BOMB! She took it and ran toward the peer that was not far from her. Two. Run to the closest part of water she can get. One. She slowed her breathing and taking in the timed that read twelve seconds. Hold and relax.

The beeping came to life as she calmed her heart rate. Beep. There were only eleven more seconds, but Skyler was shaking, and her chest was hurting. Beep. Skyler closed her eyes and breathed, she heard a voice call out to her, a civilian. Beep. She held a hand up to the person as called out, "Stay away from-" Beep. "-Here! Go!" she continued as looked down at the boom in her hands. Beep. Seven seconds, she calmed her heart once more. Beep. Beep. Beep. She pulled her arm back and throw the bomb as far as she could to the water. Beep. Beep. It landed in the water. Beep. A large splash of water shot out of the ocean as the boom went out.

Skyler laughed a bit at the fact that she had just gotten a bomb out of the city. Once she had her moment she jogged back to the shop where her team was at and Saffron was still out. She ran up to him and examined the puncture wound on his thought. It was small enough for him to survive, but she didn't want to risk it as she placed her pale hand over his throat. Ice blue surrounded her as she saffron's orange once came to life as well. When she pulled away from her hand, the wound was gone and called out to the others, "Are you guys okay?"

 

[ChazGhost]

Croc Sustrai and Bruno Port

Location: Vale streets
Nearby: Team CROC
@Tags: IG42 The Suspicious Eye

"Got it!" Bruno called out after Cirrus gave him orders. Bruno quickly empty bullets in his gun. As they bullets hit the ground Bruno reloaded his ice dust bullets. "Io I"ll got his attention, you take care of it's legs" Bruno called out as the Brutus started getting up. Bruno quickly unloaded six shots at the creatures eyes, three for each. A large amount of ice cover its eyes now. With this distraction Io charged in. Io was with the distraction of being blind with a few more covering shots was able to cut through the leg of the grimm to point of it being useless. Then joined in and together him and Io "stabbed" (or slicing up rapidly with there weapons) the creature in the head to finish it.

"Give me a moment and I'll see what I can do!" Croc called out. The grimm was beginning to become a problem, it was trying to take the building down to take Croc down with it. "Brute force doesn't solve every problem." Croc said jumping off the creature. "You also need skill. Very good skills." Croc said smirking firing at the pieces of the wall were the Brutus was holding on. The pieces broke off and made the Brutus fall to ground. Croc on the other hand grapple hooked to a light post and swinged safely to the ground. He landed safely and with pot shot at the grimm he made fall just to make sure it would follow him out of anger. "Okay on my way fly guy" Croc teased as he ran to catch up to Cirrus.

Jester Nightmarish

Location: Dust till dawn dust shop
Nearby: Trix, Dagger (I think), Team SEAS
@Tags: The Suspicious Eye KarenAKAMint WoodenZebra Brinni

"Stupid kid, over did himself" Jester said after saffron passed out. Jester debated on killing him, beating the hell out of him, or giving him a terrible nightmare. But before he could a raven haired women showed up. "Just when I was about to have fun..." Jester said slightly annoyed. Jester let her do her thing be it he both annoyed and grateful. While he figured he could take care of the others with Trix's help, it seemed Trix was having a dangerous problem. So with a sigh he escaped with his "friend".

There was still the bombs to deal with after they left. First off was the bomb Skyler throw the bomb into the water. While it did make a boom, but wasn't anything judging from how high the water went up it wasn't anything that could bring down a building. Enough to make a large hole but not enough to bring it down. Next the one that was behind counter, which exploded without any really big damage thanks to Saffron moving it with his wind.

The rest of the bombs, if you even want the call them that, went off. But instead of making a big boom the bombs, in the alleys, rooms, and streets around the dust shop exploded with a large spray of paint, glitter, and a few fire works. The fire works exploded into different images of Jester and Trix making funny faces. The paint and glitter covered the alleys and streets around the building. Even most of team SEAS could of been covered in paint and glitter.

Spoiler: Last night

Trixie pulled up her large night vision goggles from her eyes, wobbling at the weightsgift. As she regained her footing she grinned up at her newest boss and friend. She like his style though it could use a bit more blood if anyone would ask her. "You want me to jump (her word for teleport) through the walls and set em up for ya, boss?"

"Exactly my crazed child." Jester said laying out a blue print of building. "I need the really bomb here and then these fake ones in and around the building as a distraction." Jester said pointing at the location of where he wanted the real bomb. "Remember keep them hidden. We don't want the cops to find them... Until we set them off of course." Jester added.

Leaning over she inspected the blueprints making sure to memorize each location before saluting to Jester and taking the bombs. She looked around and popped into the second floor. Placing the bombs one by one she made sure to hide them just like the boss told her. While putting down the last bomb there was a creek of the door opening and light encompassed the girl as someone came in. A dark smile grew and twisted upward on the child's face as she pulled the stranger in and slammed the door behind him.

Appearing a few moments later the girl was splattered with blood as she swung the keys around in one hand, while licking blood off the other. "I don't think we have to worry about someone finding those bombs. I made sure to lock the door." Looking up at him she smiled, "now we wait for tomorrow boss?"

"I see you had some fun, I hope he hid of the body... Unless that's apartment owner then we should be good" Jester said not surprised Trixie had blood all over. "And yes, we'll wait in our little hide out. Then tomorrow with few disposable men we hit the store, get rid of any cops in our way, and if the chief final got a brain, kill a hunstman" Jetser smirking under his mask before jumping over and into the driver seat.

"I hid what's left of it in a trash bag. Bones are so easy to break." Trix said with a giggle as she hopped up and down surprised only to teleport from her current location onto Jester's back holding on to his long cape. "I can't wait to get to kill a huntsman! It's going to be tons of fun!"

"It will be my little murder, but remember to not underestimate a huntsman" Jester said as he began to drive. "The huntsmen are great warriors, heroes for the people... Or that hopefully morons think. But they are still more capable then our usual dopey cop" Jester explained. "They do have to be powerful enough to kill many grimm is enough to not underestimate them." Jester explained as the drove down the road to there hideout.

Trix pouted, puffing out her cheeks with exasperation. "I will! Hmph, don't tell me how to kill people. No grimm hunting dummy is going to beat me. As long as they're made of meat I can kill them." She tugged at Jester's coat and looked up at him with shining sad eyes. "You think I can kill them right boss?"

...What about cyborg or robot ones?... Jester thought to himself jokingly as Trix said she could kill only one made of meat. Then he soon felt a tug on his cape as slowed down the car to limit crashing as he turned to Trix. Trix was showing her childish side, which of course made sense sense she was a child. "As long as you don't underestimate them like a dirty dog, then you can murder them" Jester patting Trix head... Before running over animal on accident. "Okay I need to pay attestation before attract the cops early" Jester said now focusing on the road better.

Trix smiled happily as he patted her head and nodded as she sat down and held onto him tightly. "Alright! I won't boss! Just make sure to hit more animals on the way back I love to ear those squeals when they die." She hopped up and down happily.

"Well aren't you morbid... Sure why not" Jester said with shrug before swerving a small bit to run over squirrel. "Remember when ever you start driving to not drive as reckless as I am currently. It is very dangerous and you could kill... Actually never drive, no one can't hide that many bodies" Jester said swerving all over the road and killing several stray animals in the process

Trix grinned as he ran over a squirrel and more creatures. Hugging him closely she looked up at him, "I guess you'll have to drive me everywhere."

"They should give a trophy for the amount of people I save do that" Jester joked slightly as he could only image the amount of people Trix would kill in a car. Then he turned into and in a warehouse. He parked the car as the door behind them closed. "Were here squirrel killer" Jester turning to Trix.

Trix smiled as she hopped and ran deeper into the warehouse. "Yay! Homebase!!"She'd begin to teleport all around excitedly like the child she was.

The warehouse was decorated weirdly. Crate of dust and other items were all over the place in between the "rooms", acting as wall a little. Jester of course had his own small space for his bomb workshop. There was also a make shift kitchen, make shift bedrooms in large crates, and few other types "rooms". Jester headed to "room" set for planning and sat the blueprints to dust shop onto it. "Any care about what I cook?" Jester ask Trix when she pass by him.

Carrying a large stuffed kitten down the 'hall' Trix looked up at him and shook his head. "Nope! You always make good food." Grinning up at him as he passed her by she stopped looked at her stuffed animal and turned to follow behind him. Playfully matching his foot steps with her own.

Still in full custom Jester began cooking grilled ham cheese for him and Trix. "You really do like that kitty don't you? Where did you get him and or her from? One of the people you killed or did just steal instead and not spilled blood on it?" Jester asked as he place the sandwiches on two different plates. He then grabbed one plate and bent down to hand it to Trix. "Here ya go Killer Kiddo"

Trix placed the stuffed cat on a seat and then hopped in another herself. Adjusting the stuffed animal to look like he was ready for food as well. Shaking her head she looked at the cat and smiled. "Nope. I got Candy-bar from my adopted parents when they took me in. He was my first gift, so I took him with me when I ran away and kept him ever since." Ignoring any nostalgia her eyes shined as the food was placed in front of her. "Yay! Thanks!" Grabbing the sandwich she happily bit into it letting crumbs scatter on the plate.

"I see... Well it's pleasure to know the origin of Candy-Bar." Jester said sitting down himself. He then grabbed a hidden zipper attached is his mask. He then unzipped his mouth part of his mask allowing him to eat while limiting what show of his face. "After we eat we're going to head bed, we have to get up to pick up the meat shields and get back to alley before the big march starts tomorrow." Jester asked as he ate.

Trix smiled as she finished her sandwich and watched him eat, feet happily swinging in the air. She wasn't tall enough for her feet to touch the floor, she was very small for her age. Resting her head on the table she peaked up at the inside of the zipper. She didn't mind his mask, but it did make her curious about what was underneath. Hearing him say bed she pouted, "but I'm not..." She yawned as her eyes glistened "...tired."

"Ohh really" Jester said smiling under his mask as he finished his food. He then got up and walked over to her before put his hand out saying "Then how about a long nap with Candy-Bar my stuff cat lover" Jester said trying to trick her to go to bed.

Trix would look at him and then to the stuffed cat and nod. "Okayyy but I'm not sleepy! It's just a cat nap." Hopping out of her seat she grabbed the large stuffed cat and pulled it close to her chest. Reaching out to Jester she took his hand and let him lead her.

"Of course my dear non sleepy friend." Jester said holding Trix hand before zipping his mouth mask. He then guided Trix to her room and picked her up and placed her on her bed. Then he tucked her in with Candy-Bar. "There you go, now got take your cat nap" Jester said kindly.

Trix smiled as he picked her up and tucked her in with her stuffed cat. "Alright...night...boss..." She snuggled against the creature as her eyes grew heavy and she slowly drifted off to sleep.

After getting Trix to bed Jester headed back to the "kitchen" and then began washing the dishes. "Who would imagine me taking care of a kid in between robberies" Jester said to himself.

"It seems then I've chosen well." Dagger said as she sauntered in from what seemed to be nowhere. "That child has been through quite a lot, though don't get too close. She is bought and paid for. A weapon more than a child." Running her finger across the table she frowned as she inspected the dust and rubbed her fingers to remove it.

"Hello to you too Dagger" Jester said sarcastically turning to dagger. "You know as faunus buying and paying for people brings back a bad history of my people..." Jester said before laughing. "But then again my people also formed a terrorist organization and help to almost destroy the world... So Dagger what brings you here?" Jester said smiling under his mask.

"I've come to tell you that the order for the dust has been pushed up so I will be making sure the dust robbery tomorrow goes off without any complications." She said looking at Jester her eyes sharp, and focused like a predator.

"Ohh so they are rushing the fun. Well even madmen have to deal with business. So my predatory friend to make sure do you mean your going to help or just watch? Because if your coming I'll have to brief you on the plan and you'll be aware I'm in charge during it." Jester said unaffected by her glare.

Dagger smiled, but that smile did not reach those predatory eyes. "I would assume that a skilled criminal like yourself wouldn't need my help. I will watch from the shadows and assure you escape with the goods." Turning her back to him she walked away, "don't worry. You won't even know I'm there."

"Fine then Dagger, just be prepared to watch a mad man do a heist in the fun way" Jester said watching Dagger walk away. "Also remember not to hide behind a bomb" Jester said smiling...

 

[The Suspicious Eye]

Location: Riot Area
Nearby: Tem CROC

IG42 ChazGhost​

Mood: Worried

Iola Rose SakraRunning down the stairs she looked around at the trapped crowd and then back to the Brutus that was keeping them from escaping. His entire torso was inside the building as he violently reached for the others only barely missing them. Io took a deep breath, gripped the handle of her chainsaw and charged towards the Brutus. Her body flipped, spun and weaved through the grimm's attempts to grab her. There were a series of near misses but after dodging a right swing at her Io twisted the handle of her chainsaw and it began to expand into a large axe. Raising it up she cut through the ceiling as she used her semblance to increase the axe's weight to that of a house.

Slamming the axe down on top of the Brutus's head It cut through it's back and slammed the masked creature down into the floor. The mask of the grimm cracked and shattered against the hard floor. Using the last stretch of her semblance to keep the grimm pinned she looked to the others. "Go, now!" The group didn't need any more urging than that as they ran around the grimm and out the door to safety. Io noticed one faunus girl look at her strangely as she passed by and something felt off in the rabbit fauns's mind. She didn't have time to dwell on it as Cirrus called for her. Looking out she pulled the axe out of the grimm and ran outside to see the commotion going on with her teammates.

Nodding at the instructions she gave a nervous, "r-right..." She stumbled over a piece of rubble before getting into the fight. Holding her axe tightly she charged around Bruno's right side as he distracted it with his ice rounds. Going for the hamstrings like her leader suggested she sliced through them with all her might and watched as the creature crumbled. Seeing the opening she went for the kill just like her partner did. The two of them sliced the beast up and watched as the creature fell to the ground on it's side, the mask sliced in a series of places and red blood seeped out of the wounds.
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Quest: Riot ControlLocation: Vale streets
Nearby: Team CROC
@Tags: IG42 ChazGhost

Three had been defeated and three were left and they were all focused on Cirrus and Croc. The Brutus that Croc had taunted shook it's head as the rubble hit his head and growled. It turned and faced the insult throwing lad as he ran off. Croc most certainly had the grimm's attention. The Brutus steadily began to walk, then jog and now run towards the huntsman. Meeting up with the other two grimm they moved in unison charging the two huntsmen. The grimms were gathering as they followed towards their aggressors and plowed through the streets charging at the two of them. All three smashing or throwing anything that seemed to get into their way.

 

[The Suspicious Eye]

CONGRATULATIONS!Congratulations Team SEAS! You have completed your mission! After the paint explosion the police finally arrived at the scene. The storekeeper looked on as his dust store was completely destroyed yet again. He looked at the paint covered destroyed dust store and let out a soft sigh. Scratching his head he walked over to there wreckage and shook his head. Grumbling softly he let out a gravely, "I am getting too old for this shit." Luckily for the old man his insurance would cover another destruction of his shop, so he wouldn't have to worry about a thing. Although it may be time for him to move the location of his shop thirty five attacks on the shop seems to be a bit unlucky. The police questioned and scoped out the crime scene once again. The injured, mainly Saffron, were quickly carted off to a hospital to get the care they received. Meanwhile the police had a few questions for the Huntsmen. After a few good hours of questioning, the rest of the team was free to go. The sergeant sighed as he watched the kids go and felt for them. This was certainly anything but a victory, in fact this might have been the messiest attack yet. "Well at leas there isn't any bod-" "We've got a body over here!" "crap..." Turning on his heels he went back into the direction of the shop, now a crime scene, to see the body. After Saffron and the others were quickly healed up team SEAS was sent back to Beacon. The rest of their long weekend was free for their leisure, there will be drinks and festivities on a job partially well done, along with counseling for anyone who may need it. The weekend is yours.

Brinni WoodenZebra KarenAKAMint

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Quest: Besting the Beasts

Location: Wild Forest of Vale
Teams: SABL and PRWI
@Tags: Brinni Hibiscus KingofCool LoneSniper87 Black Jade

Meanwhile With Team 1
(Pyro, Val, Titan, and Ivory)

Pyro looked at Ivory, Val, and Titan and decided to take charge. "Alright, here's the plan... We need to use stealth. We either need to go up on a tree, or find somewhere low enough for the Beowulfs to not notice us."

"I suggest somewhere low." Val joined the conversation. "I once saw Titan go up a tree while we were practicing on stealth... Let's just say that one of the trees has one less branch..."

"Noted... Very well, let's hide somewhere low. We need to stick together. They may have an advantage in numbers, but we have an advantage in strategy." The redhead said as he found a nearby boulder, big enough to hide four people behind it. Plus, it was buried quite deep in the ground, so there was no chance of it suddenly rolling and crushing them. "There. We can hide behind that boulder." The young warrior hid behind the boulder, with Val and the other two following suit.

"Alright, Pyro. What now?"

"Here's what we do now." Pyro looked and saw some Beowulfs conveniently heading close to the boulder. "When some of those Beowulfs come closer, we launch a quick attack on those Beowulfs. We're outnumbered here, so we need to stealthily kill as much Beowulfs in that group until the odds are in our favor."

"Alright. You're the boss." Val said, her buzzsaws ready to attack.

Titan watched as the small team faded into the distance, only to hear the redhead pipe up. While a bit more understanding to Pyro's plight after his brunch the other day, the protector still didn't wave him off as if he wasn't a threat to his cousin. Though his face softened as Val recalled him attempting to climb a tree, Titan smiling as he rubbed the back of his head.

"I don't truly like the idea of hiding," Titan said as he watched the pair take cover behind the boulder, "But I guess it'll do.". Titan joined them behind the rock, listening to the plan, but being drawn away by the loud hum emanating towards the direction of the beowulves. Titan looked at Pyro, nodding at the small amount of information he retained through the noise.

The sounds of breaking branches and crunching leaves were heard from the eight beowulves creeping through the disturbed forests. While a boulder usually wouldn't cause much attention, the one the group hid behind did. A loud ding erupted in Titan's pocket, as a text from Phoenix lit up the screen.

Titan grabbed it quickly enough to silence the next two dings, and quickly looked over the messages, but didn't get any further than that before the claws of the beowulves got his attention. Six pairs of claws wrapped themselves on the edge of the boulder, bringing the faces of the Grimm to see the cowering students.

"I think we might want to begin that attack a little early." Titan moved to the right of Val, shooting off rounds at the three on his side to keep them from moving closer.

When Val heard Titan's scroll go off, she knew it would alert the Grimm. Shit! She turned toward an oncoming Beowulf and sliced its head off, then had her purse turn into her usual bow and arrow, and proceeded to strike a few Beowulfs with her arrows.

Pyro stood up and rushed towards a Beowulf. He slashed at the Beowulf. It hit it but didn't kill it as the Beowulf strikes him in the face, leaving a scratch mark on the redhead's right cheek. Pyro then sliced the Beowulf in half, also, stabbing a Beowulf that was about to attack him from behind.

Back to Team 2
(Summer, Jade, Onyx, and Phoenix)

"It wouldn't be the first time I was sent to the infirmary for saying the wrong thing..." Phoenix said under his breath which Summer chirped, "Yup, 100% from me." They continued to walk toward the north-west as they keep low and as quiet as they could. After a few minutes of walking, the small hum became clear as they walked closer to the next location. Phoenix stopped, getting as low as he could to the ground and watched as his sister took a knee, clearly still okay carrying Jade and then to Onyx. "Has any of you sent a message to the others?" he asked and Summer shook her head before motioning of to Jade.

He pulled out his phone and send a message to both Titan and Pyro, 'We have eliminated the Sobeks, are you guys at the spot? If so, is that hum coming from you and not from another Grimm?' He showed the message to Onyx and Summer before sending it out and kept low, waiting for a response from them. The last thing they need was to come across another Grimm, while down a member.

Summer, seeing as they will be staying here for a bit, she slowly placed Jade down by a tree. Once she was peacefully propped up on the tree, she looked up at the treetops. "I'm going to climb up to the first trunk and see if there is another Grimm around..." Summer whispered as she brought out her claws and began to climb. Pheonix took a hold of her ankle as he said, "Are you insane? What if it's one of those Wasp Grimms that mom told us about. I don't need you going down by one of those." Summe looked down and gave him a look, "You know those can only be found in Vacuo and Mistral, due to the hot temperatures. I'm only going up to the first branch right here. I'll get down as soon as I am done."

"I say we let her scout it out. She can handle herself." Onyx mentioned, walking over to the unconscious Jade and sitting next to her. "We need to finish up this last group soon, we need to find a safe place before nightfall. Any ideas on where we should stop Phoenix?" Asked Onyx, glancing up at him for a moment. Two arguments in one day? She was either just now seeing the controversy in others or was just plain stubborn today.

Phoenix let his twin go as she went up to the next branch. "Not sure," he answered Onyx's question, as he pulled out Thorn from his back and knelt before Jade as he continued, "We could stick close to the river as a source of water, but I'm not sure where..." Phoenix leaned closer to Jade's face as he tried to see if she was alright. "Come on Jade... wake up..." he whispered close to her face, worry clearly on his face.

Summer was safely up on the branch as she crouched down like a cat making herself less visible from the higher ground. She looked toward the location where they were heading to and watched. She couldn't see the Beowulfs but the bum was still present. She shifted a bit to look at her, making sure they were clear and alone before coming back down to the trio. "All clear. I'm just worried about the others if they haven't answered the text..." she announced.

Onyx nodded, then remembered him talking about the humming. "hmm..." She wondered for a moment, then looked up. "Do you think it could be a generator?" She asked. It was highly possible, and they were told to look out for things other than Grimm. "I mean we were told to look out for things besides Grimm. Perhaps this is what they mean?" She proposed.

Jade slowly came to as Nix whispered into her face. "Don't get me wrong Nix, I like waking up to a pretty face as much as the next girl...but this isn't how I pictured it going." She winced at the stab of pain in the back of her head. "Guess Dad was wrong, I'm not hard headed after all" she muttered, rubbing the back of her skull.

She moved her head slowly, taking in her surroundings "Where are we? What happened to the Sobeks? Is everyone ok? Where's Buide?" It was then that she noticed one of their group missing. "More importantly where's Summer? Is she OK?" she tried to push herself up but was too dizzy.

"Maybe..." Summer answered, "I didn't get to see any building unless it is underground. Once we get this done, we might need to get a place where it's clear and we can see above our heads." She pointed to the canopy of trees that covered them in the shade. "Whatever this thing that the Professor wants us to find seems to be more natural than man-made, so maybe not a generator. But that doesn;t mean we will not keep that in mind," she said as she closed her eyes, still on the branch and finally feeling the growing tiredness from everything that had happened.

Phoenix let out a sigh of relief as he stood up, and walked a bit away from the group. Hearing Jade's voice, Summer;s eyes shot open once more and began to get down from the branch. Summer landed lightly beside Jade as she smiled, "You're okay!" She knelt beside her as asked, "Are you okay to walk or should we stay here for a bit? I mean I can carry you again." Phoenix turned around and said, "We should hold off until we get a text back from the other. If they don't respond in the next five minutes, we start moving toward the Beowulfs." Summer got up and asked, "Am I still going to stay back to guard Jade if she is not ready to fight?"

Jade pushed herself up and extended her hand for her weapon. "I've taken harder falls than that. I can still go on and fight. I guess I need to stop being so conservative with my aura. I haven't used any of it, maybe it's about time. At least so I don't have to make you all worry again."

She fought off the last of the disorientation she felt and prayed she didn't actually have a concussion. Though she wouldn't be surprised. "I think we should move anyways, towards them I mean. If nothing else we'll probably get there around the same time as the other group and we can start getting through this mission faster. We're burning daylight and I don't fancy continuing this mission in the dark if we can avoid it."

Summer handed Jade her weapon as she nodded, "Then let's get moving." Phoenix nodded and lead the group, but pause to listen to the humming sound begin to more. "Wait, Valentine has a saw purse as her weapon, right?" he asked the group, but as soon as he pointed it out Summer jumped into gear as she pushed to the front of the group, "That only means that they were found out by the Beowulfs, let's go!" Phoenix and Summer gave a similar look back at Onyx and Jade before they began to run through the trees. Summer's voice called out, "Stay close and keep up!"

"On it!" Onyx said with a nod, springing up and running after Phoenix and Summer, hand on her blade, ready to strike.

The Rose Twins followed the hmm until it stopped. They continued to move as they began to hear the sound of Beowulfs. "Summer, take the high road and locate the group," Phoenix told his sister as he continued to run. Summer was about to argue about it, but she had agreed to stay back in this fight and began to climb up the trees. Phoenix took out thorn as soon as he saw the Grimm. He didn't expect to see Pyro on the front lines. Sticking to his rifle as he continued to make his way toward the fight. Quickly he began to take suppressive fire on the Grimms that were about to outnumber Pyro.

Summer was in the treetops as she jumped from branch to branch, searching for the rest of her team, mostly Titan. She was getting desperate until she focused on the sound of his gauntlets. Once she did find it, she saw Titan with Ivory. "I'm coming down!" she called out, not wanting to sneak up on them. With her claw gloves, she slides down the tree's trunk and landed between the two. "I have been placed on strict orders to stay out of the fight... My aura..." she explained as sat down for a bit. As she did, she looked down at her scroll to see that her team was still doing well, unlike her as she saw her aura at the midpoint.

Pyro was outnumbered. He had a few bleeding scratches on his face. However, before he was attacked by an onslaught of Beowulfs, multiple gunshots fired at the Grimm, killing them. "Huh?" He looked and saw Phoenix. "Phoenix! Good to see ya!" As he said that, he sliced a Beowulf in half. "Thanks for the support! If you hadn't been there, I would've been done for..."

"Don't think like that!" Onyx said as she came up and sliced at another Beowulf, only making it retreat for a moment. She rose to full height and held her sword at her side, waiting for one to make a move. "You have a strong team at your side, they will do what they can to protect you." She said.

"Onyx is right, Pyro!" Val said as she lethally stabs a Beowulf with her bow.

Pyro smiles. "Yeah, you're right, Onyx..." He sliced another Beowulf in half.

Titan's bullets ruptured the skull face of the beowulves peeking around the rock at the giant, rendering them nothing more than dust. The sound of a sword cutting through air and arrows spiraling into enemies could be heard behind Titan, but he was preoccupied with a number of enemies coming from the forest. Looking back at Pyro and attempting to shoot the Beowulf getting close, the booming shots of Thorn hit the wolf instead. Titan saw that his gauntlets were empty, and the rows of shells that would line his chest were all used.

Titan turned to see Phoenix in the brush behind them, standing alongside Jade and Onyx helping Pyro. But where is Summer? Titan only had a moment before the girl gracefully fell down next to him, taking a seat in the grass. It struck Titan as odd until her phone showed her aura, "Just rest for a bit, nothing we can't handle." Titan reached down and ruffled her hair before looking past the boulders.

The small group of beowulves dwindled, only two remaining; one facing Pyro and the other to Titan. Moving with purpose, Titan planted two hits into the slightly larger beowulf's head, hoping to daze it. The battle-scarred Grimm didn't flinch, instead hitting him back with his head. Falling back onto his back, Titan struggled against the Grimm as it put it's entire weight onto him.

Titan had enough strength in his arms to hold back the beast, but it was gaining ground. Titan's arms began to shake with the stress of holding back the creature, having to lift his legs into the chest of the attacker to keep it at bay. "I didn't want to use these, but I believe this counts for an emergency." Titan pushed his leg out to release two shells from his boots. The for pushed the Grimm to it's feet and the bottom of Titan's pants ripped to show the silver boots he used.

The Grimm recoiled to feel the now large hole in it's stomach before collapsing. Titan laid flat on his back in triumph and exhaustion, the amount of exertion shown by the fourth of his aura gone. Titan's head turned to one side, looking to see Summer's face; his smile of how happy he was to be in combat.

Phoenix was able to take down the Beowulf that was after Pyro. With a smile, he changed Thorn's bullets to fire dust one. Still, in sniper mode, he began to dash to the right, trying to flank the last Beowulf, maybe even grab its attention from the others. Taking aim as he ran, he shot at the Grimm causing it go up in flames. Quickly transforming Thorn into her scythe form, he turned his body and swung the scythe to cut right through the Beowulf. The Grimm began to turn into black dust as Phoenix allowed the large weapon to sit on his shoulder.

Summer watched at Titan finished off the Grimm and then collapse on the ground with a broad smile on his face. She collapsed beside him as she announced, "I think a power nap sounds good about now..." She turned to face her cousin and smiled, "Maybe you should start thinking about getting pants with a flared bottom so they don't destroy your pants... but it does look cool now." Summer began to laugh as looked up at the small opening the canopy gave as it swayed in the light breeze when she noticed black smoke. It was clearly far away, but the first thing that popped into her might be, "Fire... I think there's a fire!" Summer got onto her feet and began to pick Titan up, "We need to get out of the forest, but we have to find out where the smoke is coming from."

Phoenix heard Summer's voice call out a fire, but he just laughed, "Stop your worrying, Sum. I just used my fire dust on the Beowulf." Summer looked over to her twin and continued, "I didn't mean the fire dust, I saw the smoke off to the distance. It's not safe to get caught in the middle of a forest fire. We should make our way to a water source." Phoenix looks up at through the small gaps in the canopy and noticed the right column of dark gray smoke that was rising from the forest. "We should find out what's the cause of it at the very least," Phoenix announced which Summer agreed, "We should, but we need to get to a safe location before we can even think about going head-on toward a fire."


Jade simply sat by and watched as the others dispatched the Grimm with ease. No sense in expending energy when she didn't need to. They all had it under control. She kept an eye out in case more Grimm came and tried to take the group unawares. When they were all mopped up she listened in on the twins' conversation.

"While I don't disagree that finding somewhere safe is a good plan Sum, doesn't going to a safe space away from the fire seems a bit...I don't know...counterproductive? to investigating the smoke? We'd just be doubling back to go towards it taking up more time. If anyone is injured or in no shape to defend themselves they should definitely go find a safer spot, plus a couple of people to defend them just in case. I know I'm still totally fine to go towards it, I haven't used any of my aura." she interjected.

"But then again. I'm not in charge here. So the choices are up to you and Pyro." She shrugged.

Titan watched Summer lay down next to him, meeting eyes and trading smiles with her. At the mention of a power nap, Titan chuckled lightly, even more so at the mention of his pants. Raising them up to further inspect the damage, it showed the ripped pants cutting off at the ejection ports for the guns. "I'm glad you like it, made the design myself." Titan smiled back at her, noticing the change in her features as she spotted the fire and followed her eyes to it.

Summer moved quickly, grabbing Titan and giving him slight help to move his large body. Titan obliged, getting up and attempted to make his pants look even slightly more presentable. Once the debate over the fire began, Titan was still dumbfounded as he leaned over his pants; but listened to the two sides. Standing straight, "I think Phoenix and Jade are right, Summer, best we investigate it before looking for safety." Titan looked down at his side at the girl.

Summer walked away from the group and began to climb the tree in order to see the column of smoke better. It didn't take long, even with Phoenix's protest of her walking away from the conversation. She got to the last strongest branch that could hold her and looked out to toward the column of black smoke. It's not moving... she confirmed and began to slide back down the tree. "The column of smoke is not moving or growing," Summer called out to the group, "I did see it coming from an opening, just north of us. So, let's go check it out since it's not an immediate threat as I thought."

Phoenix watched as Summer come back to us and relayed everything she was able to find out. He smiled at the calm demeanor that she showed when really he knew that she was a bit stubborn about things like these. "Lead the way," he announced as they began to follow Summer's lead. After a few minutes, the ground began to change. It was no longer the soft dirt ground that they have been trekking on, but something harder was under the dirt, maybe rock. As they came closer to the end of the treeline, the ground shifted from dirt to a flat baron surface of pale rock. The open area was empty, but the single column of pure black smoke was ascending to the sky.

"What is this place?" Phoenix asked as he was looking around the open area. Summer came out of the treeline and slowly made her way toward the source of the smoke. She stopped halfway as she looked at the crack in the rock. It ran up toward the smoke. When she looked down at the crack, it was pure black as the smoke. "Whatever this place is," she called back, "Something seems to be emitting the smoke within the rock. The question is, is this man made or a natural thing to find here."

Phoenix pulled out his scroll out of his pocket and began to dial the number of the pickup crew, "I'm calling it in. This doesn't look normal to just be here. It's a square opening." He pointed toward the treeline as he made the call. Summer walked back to the group, not wanting to be close to the smoke in case it was something that could cause her to become ill. She pulled out her own scroll and gave Phoenix their current location since Professor Shamrock would most likely be joining the pickup crew to see the discovery. Phoenix finished the call and said, "Now we wait, I guess."

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Skyler Eden Sharp

Location: Hospital
Interacting: Saffron, Professor Sharp, and Sapphire Sharp
Mentioned: Sage and Schafer
Tags: WoodenZebra Brinni

When the explosion in the shop happened, Sky only remembered shielding Saf's from as much as possible. It was clear that the day's activities, mostly the use of her semblance back to back, caused her heart to give out for a while until she woke up in the hospital. When she saw her parents in the room, worried to hell, she cursed under her breath. The hospital visits were the true reason they didn't want her to continue her dream to become a huntress. But what was the point of sitting around like a doll when she had the ability to help others? "Before you even bring it up..." Sky announced as she looked up at the white ceiling, "I don't want that thing inside me... It only causes me more pain than when I don't have it on."

"Sky, you know that it will allow you to continue to become a huntress," Professor Sharp stated, "It works perfectly with your semblance." Sky didn't look away from the ceiling as she snapped at him, "I want you to leave... Both of you... I don't need you two to protect me." Sapphire's dark brown hair came into view, but it was her eyes that always grabbed her attention. They were a gorgeous color blue, just like her name, they looked like two sapphires looking down at you. Skyler let her mother brush her platinum white hair, helping her to relax from her anger. She gave Sky a quick kiss on her forehead before she whispered, "I'll talk to your father... You are free to go to the dorms. I had your things delivered there."

Skyler watched as her mother began to drag her father out of her room, as they argued about the situation. Her chest hurt a bit as she sat up on the uncomfortable bed and walked out of the room, taking her daggers, hat, and coat. She looked around for a bit before she came up to the front desk to ask for her teammates. She was glad to hear that Schafer and Sage were okay, but Saf was still in one of the rooms. Sky made her way to his room, wanting to check if he was really okay. Mostly she wanted to strangle him for his idiotic plan that he thought would work. The moment she saw him in the bed, soundly sleeping, her initial plan melted away as she came up to his bed and took his hand. "You are such an idiot..." she told him as she looked down at his face.

 

[The Suspicious Eye]

Quest: The Running of the Bulls

Location: From Military base to Korin to Beacon
Nearby: Team BRSS
@: Hibiscus Brinni Black Jade

Team BRSS was taken on a separate transport ship from the others. The ride was quiet all too quiet, neither the pilot or the attendants would answer any of their questions. Simply responding in either grunts or soft niceties they were still in the dark as the team landed outside the base's gates. The base stood tall like a fortress encompassing the land around them. As the students were let out the were met with the looming shadow of the tall walls that blocked out the sun. The ship didn't wait for them, the second that the last member left the doors closed and they rose up high into the sky only to land over on the other side of the metal walls. There was a soft whirring sound as a screen was pulled back in the center of the wall, revealing what seemed to be woman in a lab coat with cold violet eyes and long brown hair. The woman's eyes softened as she smiled at them and waved down to them as if she knew them. Looking over to someone beside her she moved away from the window a strong man in military gear appeared in the center and placed his hand on the intercom. "So you've arrived. No need for pleasantries your mission is to escort this important assent from here to a small village called Korin. Flight is not a option with this asset and we need it there sooner rather than later. Do NOT let this asset come to any harm it is of the utmost importance. Do whatever the asset requires, do not fail.”

The large military doors opened and a green bull slowly sauntered out. Being lead by a delicate woman who went over to Silver and placed the reigns in her hands. Looking at the girl for a moment her eyes widened ever so slightly as she took a step back and looked to the team. Clearing her throat she nervously adjusted her glasses as she spoke. "He requires to eat at least twice a day and doesn't need any water. He should sleep for a couple of hours, though recently it has been quite erratic. Take good care of him." She gave them all a polite bow before returning back into the base as the doors slammed behind her. The militant man's voice boomed out again as he bellowed out. "Keep the asset safe and whatever you do do not loose it." He removed his hands and the screen door closed. Turning to the doctor he glared at her, "just what do you think you are doing putting children in charge of this experiment? We are not giving you money so you can piss around with it." The doctor laughed, "Please general, have faith. This experiment is a success and these children will make sure it will be absolute." Patting his shoulder the doctor sauntered off, "now is that ship for me? I have a class to teach in the next hour."

Cherry listened intently, the tip of her tongue protruding from between her lips as she concentrated. She pushed aside everything that had happened within the last few days and just narrowed in on the mission at hand, playing with the tassels attached to the handle of her new weapon in order to keep her hand busy. She pulled out her scroll and brought up a map. "Let's see....where is Korin....hmm...there it is. Looks like we've got a ways to go. Shall we be off? The sooner we start the sooner we can complete our first official mission." She looked to her teammates.

Ophelia looked up at the doctor in the mirror and glared at her as she waved. What is he doing here Seeing the good doctor here didn't make her think well of what they were transporting. Expecting some kind of monster or deadly soldier she was shocked to see that the creature brought out was a extremely ugly green cow. Looking at the woman as she gave Silver the reigns she looked from the beast to the mirror only to see the military official telling them this mission was of the utmost importance. Pouting as she saw the screen close she didn't like this at all. Escorting a cow was a complete waste of her skills, why was this the hardest mission out there?! Ophelia looked over to Cherry as she seemed excited to start the mission. "This isn't a mission, if you haven't noticed our important asset is a cow. Is anyone else wondering why this was the hardest mission?" The large bovine gave a odd moo as it's voice reverberated loudly across the plains. Far across the plains the grimm in Mountain Glenn began to stir and grow aggressive as something delicious let out a cry far off. This mission was far from easy.

Slate exited the transport, silently cursing the attendants inside and throwing glares there way. Slate had been the one to ask questions to them, such as destinations and objectives, but was left with only grunts. If there was anything Slate admired it was information, and those that withheld that from him were insignificant and a hindrance. Rolling his shoulders back, Slate forgot about the tough time inside the ship and continued forward. Although Slate had issues with the pilots, the next group of people took the cake for trying his patience. Take a strange asset to a village, that's all the information they got before being introduced to yet another ridiculous element; the asset. The green cow with black fur and spikes, not to mention the fact that it didn't need water. Slate's eyes focused on the woman with her words, What is this thing supposed to be?. Just as quickly as she came, the woman left and the team was alone with their new companion.

As the woman and military man disappeared, Slate's eyes swirled into many different colors. Checking with infrared, x-ray, and the finite details of this cow. His concentration was taken by the two teammates he realized would be the most challenge, during this mission and after. Slate took a stance next to Cherry as she pulled out the map, noting the distance to Korin. "Maybe it was labeled this difficult for the journey to Korin," Slate looked up at Ophelia, only turning away to follow the cow's voice into the forest. "Maybe for details we'll discover soon enough." Slate took a deep breath before looking to the three girls and smiling, "But we won't know if we don't start.". Slate adjusted the large pack on his shoulders, "I'll take the back with the cow and Silver." Slate suggested this for a few reasons. Although he didn't know the fighting preferences of his team, he knew that he was best suited in the back due to his sight and long distance fighting. That, and if he was asked, Slate had had little time with Silver to connect. And, just to himself, he didn't want to show favoritism for either of the two girls Slate hoped would stay in front.

Cherry gave an exasperated sigh. "Philllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy not every mission is going to be high stakes. Plus we're first years! It could just be the most difficult of a bunch of easy missions. They couldn't very well send us on something like an infiltration mission when we've only been training as Huntsman for a week now could they?" She walked over and examined the "important asset" that they were going to be escorting. It was certainly odd looking, but Cherry thought it was cute! To be honest she was kind of glad that the mission didn't seem nearly as hard as the Grimm hunting one. As Slate declared his intention to stay in the back, Cherry shrugged. "That just means our front line is even cuter than the back. Besides that..." she turned and looked at her blue haired teammate. "Besides that, we have barely spent any time together! Though your cooking is great! Where did you learn?”

Looking over to Slate as he tried to sound optimistic crossed her arms. "Very well..." Unlike the others she knew that this wasn't going to be easy. Nothing good comes when the doctor is involved. Watching as Slate went over to her dear little sister she met the cows gold eyes and glared at it. Hoping those weren't the eyes of someone she knew. Pushing that gruesome though to the back of her mind as she looked over at Silver. Hee chest tightened as she wanted to pull her out of this and spoil her rotten, but she knew she couldn't and instead looked to Slate giving him a, 'keep a close eye on her' look before turning hee attention back to Cherry. Ophelia suppressed a groan as Cherry called her Philly. God how she hated that the nickname seemed to stick. Looking over to the chipper pinked haired girl Ophelia smiled as she nearly twirled to face her. Her eyes looked at the other two before are stepped towards Cherry and took her arm in her own. Walking with her the four began their journey. "Thank you Cherry. I learned from my family's Butler and his daughter white a maid at our home. The taught mom and I, although I seemed to have gotten most of the skill. My mom's cooking is terrible." She said here nose wrinkling from the smile on her face as she thought about a time when she nearly killed the family dog from just the smell of her cooking. The poor lab was out cold for a while day. "When I cook I think about all of them and I feel a bit less alone. Though I still am far from the gourmet food our Butler makes."

Cherry watched her teammate as she talked, liking the smile as she remembered her home. "That sounds really cool! I'm not much of a cook, but I can bake! It's really nice that it's a way for you to remember home, there's just one problem with that." Cherry frowned slightly. Cherry sighed and leaned her head on the girl's arm. "You're not alone, dummy. You've got me, and Silver, and Slate now! I don't know about them, but if you feel alone tell me and I'll give you a big hug! Hugs make everyone feel less alone!" She looked back up and gave a big smile.

Slate smiled as Cherry's voice echoed through the forest as she called for Ophelia, rivaling the cow's moo in sound level. The thorough search of the cow left more questions then answers, but he decided to continue studying cow while they walked instead of slowing down the mission. As he looked away, the golden eyes of Ophelia met his. They've shared many types of looks, but this one was motherly and spoke more for Silver than Ophelia. To signify his answer, Slate took a step nearer to Silver and nodded. With that Slate turned his attention to Silver, "I hope you don't mind spending a bit of time with me.". Slate attempted to sound as kind as possible, knowing that Silver responded well to the maternal treatment of Ophelia; Maybe the it will be the same for paternal figures.. Waiting for a reply, Slate continued to walk a steady pace alongside the girl and cow.

The walk away from the compound continued with few interruptions aside from Cherry and Ophelia conversing, while Silver and Slate did the exact opposite. Hours went by, and yet no Grimm showed themselves. But Slate saw them, the groups being led and drawn by the calls of the cow. Each moo shook the forest, moving Grimm of all kinds towards the group. Yet, standing next to the cow and acting as a foil, Silver's bloodline steered all of the wannabe ambushers into the shadow. "Hey you two," Slate called out to Ophelia and Cherry, starting to feel uneasy with the amount of Grimm nearby. "I don't know if you see them or not, but the amount of Grimm around us is growing fairly large." Slate's eyes swirled with the use of his semblance. Taking the revolvers out of their holsters on his hip, Slate took a defensive position behind the cow as they walked. "There are Creeps and a Deathstalker behind, Ursas to our left and right, and beowulves to the front." Slate took aim towards the back, waiting for the Creeps to make their move.

Drawing her sword Cherry kept her eyes out scanning the path ahead. "I didn't know about the ones behind us. But it seems you missed the Beringels above us as well. I don't know what's keeping them back, but I doubt it will for long." She was trying to find out why so many were coming to them and came to the conclusion it was probably their grumpy teammate leading the cow. She wasn't sure how she'd handle a real life fight, but figured it would probably be as tough as the few sessions she had spent sparring with Sharp. She aimed her next question at her leader. "Well Slate? What do we do? I doubt you can carry the cow and it doesn't seem to be in any rush so it's not like we can make a break for it, not without leaving it behind. Do we bring the fight to them or let them come to us?"

Ophelia could sense it all around her and for the most part stayed calm. She'd been surrounded by grimm as a child and this was no different. Well there was a major exception one that was the reason that they haven't been attacked yet. Ophelia looked back to Slate, Silver, Cherry and sigh the cow. What monster have you left us with? The cow was growing restless and shifted it's weight side to side. It moved over to a grassy field dragging Silver along with it. Ophelia ran her fingers through her hair and sighed. "Well I suppose it's better if we hunt them down rather than have the beasts converge at once. But I'll leave the decision to our leader. Just know we don't know how long these grim-“

Opehlia didn't get the chance to finishe her sentence as a beowolf leapt out past her towards Silver and the cow. Reaching up under her combat skirt she pulled out two blades connected them together, pierced her finger at the tip pulled back the growing arrows and fired six flame arrows into the Grimm's back. They exploded the instant the sunk into the grimm causing it to evaporate instantly.

As the first beast came down the growing call of the wild grimm grew. Ophelia turned her bow away from Silver and the Cow and looked at the other two. "It seems we've lost the option of taking the fight to them."

"Looks like it" Cherry replied, nodding. "I'll take care of the Beringels" She looked into the canopy above. Drawing her blade close but keeping the point above her head are began jumping and spinning in circles. Her semblance kicked in and she took off like a super ball and liking like a candy coloreddrill. "WHEEEEEEEEEE" she yelled as she took off. Immediately upon going through the canopy she went right through one of the apelike Grimm. She continued to bounce and ricochet off the trees taking out three, then five, then nine of them. She watched as they hit the grounds and then vanished into the ebony dust off theirs. This was how her and Sharp had trained. She knew she wasn't as strong as the rest of her team, so they figured out a way to compensate for it. By using her semblance to bounce off of things it allowed her to gain momentum giving her the leverage she lacked in strength. Spinning, when combined with the drill like tip of her weapon, gave her a bit more penetrating power. The spinning shield allowed for defense.

Slate's eyes were ever swirling, trying to keep track of the ever growing mass of Grimm around him. It hadn't even occurred to him to look above, and he smiled at his partner covering his fault; surprisingly not reprimanding himself for it. While Slate wanted to argue that he could carry the cow, one glance at the green, spiky creature told him he couldn't. Slate listened to both girls give their opinions, processing them alongside the strategy against each Grimm type. Slate stepped alongside the back of the cow, still aiming towards the creeps. It wasn't until Ophelia had placed all six arrows into the beast that Slate had moved to stop it, his form shown plunging his knives into the grimm as it exploded. The man standing there didn't stop the cow from making it to the grassy knoll, dragging the catatonic Silver with it. "Guess you're right," Slate's smile evaporated as he realized the challenge before them, "Be careful!" Slate called out before Cherry could disappear into the canopy. He felt dumb after saying it like that, as if he was a doting dad or a caring anything. Letting himself focus on the enemy advancing, Slate looked to Ophelia briefly. "Cover the left, I've got the right?" Slate tilted his head to the girl, the same sly smile joining it. As he said, Slate looked to his half and began putting bullets downrange. Each shot being met with a shriek, the Creeps fell and Slate counted the twelve bodies fade away. The ursas took the time to close the distance between themselves and Slate, two pairs of claws slashing at Slate. A backstep and Slate adorned his knives of his pistols, facing off against the beast. With the amount near him, Slate could do nothing besides block and make small stabs at the resilient beast.

Finishing off the last three of the Beringels Cherry continued to bouce around but without the spinning. She was beginning to get dizzy. She took in the scene below and saw her partner in trouble. She made herself go faster, putting more force into each bounce, becoming a blur and shaking the trees at the impact. She manipulated her body and began spinning again. Between the spin and the speed she was going at a small whine could be heard. Angling herself down towards her team she launched herself. "SLATE. DOWN." she yelled. As she soard over her teammate she plowed through the center of one of the beasts. As she did, she planted the tip of her rapier in the ground and made it stick there, and her hands to the grip. The sudden stop caused her body to swing and she turned that momentum into a kick that sent the other flying a good thirty feet from her team. "Ow..." she said, rolling her shoulders and rubbing her shin. "That was dumb. I'm gonna feel that later, probably pulled something. Plus I'm sure my leg is going to have a nasty bruise. You ok there Slate?" She kept her eye on the Ursa she knocked away. It wasn't taking her by surprise.

Ophelia watched as Cherry bounced towards the enemy and sighed. She was worried but Oohelia knew that the girl could handle her own, just like the rest of them. Extending her fingers she reached our and sliced her tips again. Drawing back four more fire dust arrows and shot them off into two Grimm that were still hiding in the trees. She didn't like how many were coming and hoped that they didn't get overwhelmed. Taking a step back to steady her stance she turned her head to Slate as he spoke. A sly smile grew on her face to match his own and chuckled. "I can handle that." Her head snapped back to a pack of Beowolves that charged towards her. Drawing her arrows back she shot the ground in front of them waiting for them to get close the arrows exploded evaporating most of the pack. Breaking her bow apart into her blades she charged towards the rest and cut through them with grace and wrath. After the Beowolves came a heard of angry Boarbatusk. Ophelia took four out them down before they got smart and began to gang up on her. The second she dodged one another oje would attach in a instant. She dodged four Boarbatusks before the fifth one slammed into her left side. The side shed been trying to hide her injury from. The collision brought a electric shock through her entire body and she coughed up some blood. The internal bleeding started again and wasn't going to heal during a battle. Getting thrown back toward the others she landed on her feet. Her body crouched down as she slid to a halt. Wiping the blood from her mouth she breathed heavily as the pain, the pain she pushed aside for the moment and instead focused on the Grimm. "Don't throw in the towel yet. They aren't done" a loud caw could be heard above them adding to the foreboding sentence. Without any regard of her injury she snapped her weapon into a bow again drew a arrow and charged it as she ran towards the Grimm who attacked her.

Silver found herself frozen, unable to move. While her friends, her allies, fought by her . .. she couldn't move. Why . . . Why couldn't she move? Why couldn't she MOVE? It was as if the ever growing mass of darkness that held the void of these monsters tempted her, calling her in while paralyzing her with their beedy red eyes. A whisper, a cold, soft whisper entered her ear. Making her eyes widen and her entire body tense up. "It's time . . . My Child. Are you ready?" A hand, cold and bony, gripped onto her arm. It felt cold, and yet stung, like the fresh feeling of dry ice on ones skin. Cold and hot at the same time. A presence led the hand to her shoulders, where another hand lifted up and gripped onto her. "The time has come . . . the time has come . . . the time has come! THE TIME HAS COME!" She felt herself cry, but not normal tears, tears of blood, the world breaking and shaking around her as the voice grew louder, closer, stronger. "THE TIME HAS COME! THE TIME HAS COME! THE TIME HAS COME! THE TIME HAS COME!" She blinked, shaking and quivering as . . . in front of her, stood a beowolf. It was kneeling down in front of her, and . . . her hand was on it's head. She jumped back, pulling out her bow and arrow before shooting the monster back, catching her breath. "No . . . "

Slate's eyes processed all the attacks made against him, the two ursas blocking him in between their massive bodies. Left swipe, right swipe, bite, and Slate had to deal with the two practically mirroring one another; leaving him little options in turn of resistance. Slate also kept an eye on the Grimm around him, the Deathstalker, Nevermore, and boarbatusk only adding to his issues. Only one thing wasn't accounted for, What is that whine?. Slate pondered the question in between dodges before he followed instructions, ducking down under the ursas to watch them be impaled and kicked. Slate stood straight, "Yeah, just got boxed in is all.". Reflexively his hand went to rub the back of his head, but he stopped himself as the ursa picked itself up. "I've got it Cherry," Slate called to the girl, hoping to stop her death stare at the beast. Reloading his twin revolvers, Slate put two bullets into the beasts skull to kill it. "I'll look at that bruise when I get the chance, until then--" Slate dropped down to his knees to help Ophelia with her stop, hands on her side as she slid. Slate only had her for a moment before she was gone again. Cherry, Ophelia, now.. Slate looked over at Silver, seemingly shooting the one beowulf who seemed interested in her. Slate still hadn't precisely figured out the connection between her and the Grimm, but some things were hard to miss. The Deathstalker and Nevermore haven't shown themselves yet, and I'll let it be for now., Slate decided the best course of action was to finish the boars before any more damage could be made. Emptying his now reloaded pistols, Slate dropped three of the boars and injured the other two; hopefully making them easy fodder for Ophelia.

Ophelia felt Slate’s hands on her side, but was far too focused on the battle. Dashing towards the charging boars she watched as Slate took down three of the charging boars. With a smile she slid under the ditch that she created in her first attack and shot the remaining two boars with a large explosive arrow. Breaking the bow she threw her blade into the side of another grimm. The blade returned towards her hand and she turned to the others. “We need to find cover, we’re sitting ducks out here. Head to Mountain Glenn!” Mountain Glenn a defunct city dwelling comprised of destroyed and dilapidated buildings. Sand and Grimm have retaken the landscape for their own. The area boasted an extensive subway system,and underground caverns; these caverns also contain a makeshift village as derelict as the city above it. Most was still caved in after all these years although from recent knowledge the caverns have been closed off due to rubble.

The fight continued for what felt like weeks, but was in honesty only a few days. The time it would take to get from the military base to the town would only be about two days, but the constant grimm attacks slowed them down greatly. There was no room for rest, no room for food, just a barrage of fights that seemed unending as the green cow mooed and wandered off in various directions. After arriving at the village on the fourth day the group was tired, bruised, but glad to finally complete their quest or maybe just glad to get rid of that troublesome cow. The villagers took the cow and looked it over with a keen eye. Seeing that it was completely unharmed they nodded and lead it into a shed. A single gun shot could be heard from the shed. A voice could be heard, “we’re going to have a good dinner tonight!”

After calling in their success a airship came for them and brought the tired group back to Beacon.

 

[Brinni]

Saffron Auran Zephyr-Valkyrie

Location: Hospital

Nearby: Skyler

Although he was sound asleep, it certainly wasn't restful. Nightmares played out in his mind. His eyes moved around underneath their lids and the monitors showed an increase in his heart rhythm.

The presence of Skyler's hand in his calmed Saffron, made him smile and brought him back to consciousness. And then he frowned when he heard her call him an idiot. "What am I an idiot for this time? With you it could be as simple as breathing" Saffron didn't think he had done anything wrong. After all, his plan had worked! As long as they had taken the truck, and hadn't found Jester's bomb, then it would have blown up the dust. Plus the plating of the truck would have been thick enough to,probably, contain the blast thereby reducing the collateral damage.

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Quest: Besting the Beasts

Location: Wild Forest of Vale
Teams: SABL and PRWI
@Tags: Brinni Hibiscus KingofCool LoneSniper87 Black Jade

Pyro listened to the conversation and decided to pitch in. "I'm sorry, Summer, but I have to agree with them. We at least have to find out the source do that smoke."

"Sorry, Sum. You're kinda outnumbered here..." Val said regretfully.

The group made their way to the source. Pyro and Val both felt the ground change as they walked. "Aw, man... My shoes better not be dirty because of this..." The brunette muttered to herself.

The sight of the location made Pyro feel a little uneasy. He heard Phoenix say that he was calling the pickup crew. "Please do so... This location is making me feel a bit uneasy..."

"You're not the only one to feel that way, Pyro..."

"Mother nature doesn't make straight lines." Onyx piped up, examining the opening. "Looks like this is man-made, at the very least." She said. She then glanced toward Pyro and Val, a confused look on her face. "Why does this place make you uneasy? I share the same feeling, but I'm curious as to why you guys are as well." She said, looking back to the square opening with smoke. It didn't really make her uneasy so much as paranoid and alert. If this was man-made, this meant there were people nearby no doubt, the fire only confirmed it.

"Be on your guard, just in case." She said.

"The thing is... the smoke seems to be coming through the cracks," Summer announced as she sat at the base of a tree, "There doesn't seem to be an immediate source of the smoke, like the fire I thought in the beginning." Pulling her knees up to her chest, she tries to get comfortable, not knowing how long it would take for the pickup to arrive. Phoenix took another quick look at the smoke and then back to the group, "I agree with Onix, stay on guard. Those that need to regain their aura, rest up. The rest of us should keep watch... Unless the leaders think otherwise?"

Summer looked up at his twin and then to Pyro. "I'm really no use without my aura. I can provide cover, assist, and it helps me with my attacks..." Summer informed, "What do you think Pyro? Half rest up in case of an attack or have everyone on guard." Phoenix was about to walk back to the crack to see anything within the opening but Summer stopped him, "Nix, stay away from it... we don't know what the smoke can do to us... It's best we stay away from the source." Phoenix hesitated but nodded in agreement, "Alright."

"I don't know... Somethin there just doesn't feel right... I can't explain it..." Pyro said, Val nodding in agreement.

A minute later, Val noticed a very... interesting thing. When Summer had looked at Pyro, the redhead practically froze up. When the brunette's best friend asked Pyro a question, he answered with, "I-I'll just go with the former." Val noticed a slight red tint on his face again. Again with the slight red on his face... What the hell's going on with him?

"I guess waiting would be the best course of action," Jade muttered. I could just as easily scout though. With my semblance, I doubt anyone could catch me. Especially if I push it to 180. At that point, only the Rose Twins' mother could keep up.
Sighing she leaned against the nearest tree. Pulling out her scroll she sent the audio so far to her computer. Then she cleared it and began recording again.
"So. How long should we wait? I'd rather do it while we still have a source of daylight. Especially since Onyx and I are the only ones that can see in the dark."

"From what I gathered, Professor Shamrock would want to get here as soon as possible, so maybe an hour by airship," Summer informed, and began to close her eyes as she propped her head on her knees. Phoenix pulled out his scroll and announced, "It's just past three, the sun begins to set around 6. So we still have time before night falls." Summer kept her eyes closed as she called out, "Those that need the rest, take it. The rest could keep watch."

Phoenix was pacing along the tree line as we keep an eye out. The sun was beaming down on everyone, and it didn't help Phoenix with his dark clothes. The heat was getting to him as he tried to distract himself. It has been a good half hour since he had called in the discovery. He finally gave into the heat as he took off his jacket and covering Summer with it. His black muscle shirt clung to him, but it also revealed the tattoo on his left arm. He continued to walk around the group, trying to think about anything but negative thoughts.

The light chime from his scroll made him stop and went to check it. All he got to see was the image of his mother with a message when the ground began to quake. "What the hell is going on?" Summer exclaimed waking up from the sudden jolt. The quake suddenly stopped, but the sound of rock cracking directed everyone's attention to the smoke in the middle of the clearing. Summer got up and wrapped Phoenix's jacket around her waist, but making sure her side pouch was clear for her to get to it. Phoenix took a step toward the center but stopped cold as he watched the rock give out. Pieces of rock flew up as small tremors began to emit, like a heartbeat. "I think this is not a safe place to be..." Phoenix said, a bit lost at what he should do.

With a final rumble, something flew out of the smoke with a screeching sound. Phoenix turned around quickly as he began to run toward the others, "Get back into the forest!" he called out, "A Cockatrice just emerged from the smoke! It's a Grimm origin spot!" As Summer began to back up into the forest she looked out to the now open hole in the center of the clearing. Several claws were reaching out, and the howling meant Beowulfs were coming out. The booming roar of a lion made Summer and Phoenix freeze. The snake was the first thing that came out, but with the flapping of wings, the massive Kymera made itself present. Larger and evolved Boewulfs came out right after it. "This is a death trap!" Summer yelled.

Cockatrice was an easy opponent to fight if you avoid looking at its eyes, but with Beowulfs, they would have to clear them before fighting the flying Grimm. Now with the Kymera, it was completely different. The twin's mother had told them about stories of Kymera's but they never thought that it was an actual thing. Kymeras were able to get the upper hand in a fight. The Lion's head was more of the host of the beast, but the ram and snakeheads were the true sources of the threat. With a roar, the ram head raised its head to the sky as it breathed fire, showing everyone the power the Grimm had. Phoenix snapped out of it as he took out Thorn and began to take shots at the Beowulfs that were charging after them.

Summer took her scroll and took the initiative to call this in as an emergency, "We need immediate evacuation! We have located a Grimm Origin Spot, with a Cockatrice and Kymera now in the clearing!" On the other side, the director of the mission began to call out orders and then responded, "Do not leave the area! The Pickup unit is a few minutes out. We are sending units as backup!" Summer hung up the call as she brought out the twin handguns that rested on her lower back. They were new to her, but this was the perfect time to get them to work. "Stay in the forest, but make sure to keep the Beowulfs from entering!" Summer ordered.

Spoiler: Major Grimms

Jade leaped to her feet as the ground began to shake. Summer echoed her thoughts. Nothing good, that's for damn sure. Her eyes widened at the sight that played out before her, coming to the same conclusion as Phoenix just moments later.

Crap. Are we even equipped to deal with this? She cast a quick look around. One of them would be tough, even with eight of them when dealing with the Beowulves. Two monstrous Grimm though...

Hearing Summer's order, Jade smiled. My turn. She put on her headphones and flicked through her music. Hmm. A little faster than probably necessary, but it'll work. "I can keep the Beowulves occupied. Leave it to me!" Jade vanished, leaving images of herself in her wake. She flashed around the clearing, taking out a beowulf here and there, but mostly keeping them occupied. At the speed she was going at, it was hard for onlookers to see where she was but could see leftover images of where she had been.

Spoiler: Song

"And what of the other two?" Onyx asked, drawing her blade without a moment's notice and giving a slash upward slash into a charging Beowulf, letting it run past her as it cleaved into two parts and vanished. "We should have some of us keep it them busy, at least, so we don't get overrun," Onyx suggested. Her idea was probably suicide, in retrospect, but if a shield, like Pyro, were to block the fire from the ram head, and she could maneuver to dodge the snake, they had a chance to combat the thing.

Titan followed the group, ever vigilante to the area around him. The smokestack was an interesting find in the first place, but what came next was a shock. The cut into the rock was intriguing, and Titan found himself nearly putting his head into the hole in curiosity. It wasn't until the calls and Summer's warning that Titan took a step back, seemingly reluctantly. "Maybe it wards away Grimm, could be man made for that reason." Titan mused over the strange area in front of him.

The talk of unease reverberated between a few in the group, but Titan was more worried than uneasy. Taking a seat a few feet away from crack, Titan believed the wait would bring boredom and not any revelations about the origin of the crack. Time went by, about a half hour and Titan had followed suit with Phoenix. The jacket he was wearing was cast to the side, a muscle shirt similar to Phoenix's showed. Layed back on the ground, the quake caused distress to the giant when it came.

The rubble hasted Titan's retreat, the man scrambling to get away from the claws of the beowulves reaching out. The wolves were not his worry, and the Kymera was intimidating, but it was the cockatrice that caught Titan's eyes. You could recover from fire, blood loss, and acid, but Titan didn't know the long-lasting effects of petrifications; if there were any besides death. In his retreat he saw Summer get to the trees, and Phoenix at said tree line, giving Titan the comfort that they were behind him.

"I've got the big ones," Titan answered Onyx, emptying the rest of his shells in the boots at the two large beasts. The blast did little besides getting their attention on Titan, which was precisely what he wanted. Between the fire blazing his clothing and dodging acid spit, Titan had little chance to retaliate. "I've got them distracted, stay back!" Selfish or stupid, a quick look at a scroll would show the hits taking a toll on Titan's aura. I'll just hold them until the backup arrives, no chance for anyone to get hurt.

Summer searched the group as she tried to look for her team when she only noticed Val in the forest with her, she cursed under her breath. Cockatrice's wings are too large to enter the forest, and it was the best way to evade from its tail from grappling onto anyone. As for the Kymera, it was a beast that was more of a powerhouse in the open, but this forest will not stop it from trying to burn the forest down with all of them inside. She noticed as Titan looked up at the Cockatrice which caused her heart to drop. Summer gripped the twin pistols tightly and began to dash through the forest, going around the opening as she took shots at the Cockatrice to distract it, the petrification effects only complete if the beast holds its stare on its victim.

As she continued to take shots at the beast, she continued to run around, but she called out to the others, "Get rid of the Beowulfs! Focus on thinning the horde to only the two large Grimm! DON'T LOOK INTO THE COCKATRICE'S EYES!" Phoenix watched his twin begin her attack on the Cockatrice, and decided to help her out as he followed her lead. Running around in the other direction, he focused on shooting the Kymera's Ram head when it was about to breathe fire but mostly making holes in its wings. Between the twins, they were making sufficient cover for the others to remove the group of Beowulf, which is continuing to add on to the 8 still standing, before they can collectively go for the large Grimm. He just hoped that the Pickup team has the manpower to be able to escape the two flying creatures from getting them while on the airship.

Incoming Airship
Shamrock

"We have just heard from HQ, the location had been identified as a Grimm Origin point, Professor," one of the many researchers had announced. Shamrock got up from his seat, excited at the identification but his blood ran cold when he continued to listen to them, "A cluster of Beowulf have emerged from it... along with a Cockatrice and a Kymera." Shamrock pushed his way to the pilot and took the communication device that connected them to HQ. Even though they protested, he took it and ordered, "You will need a large fleet to subdue these beasts at the same time. We need those kids out of the forest, NOW!"

He returned the device to the co-pilot and addressed the rest of the pickup unit, that consisted of mostly researchers he had collected over the years. His normal smile was gone from his face as he sternly spoke out, "If you do not know how to fight, I suggest you stay on the airship. As for everyone else, we need to get those kids out of here. This is extremely out of their hands. If anything, we need to take the Kymera down first."

Pyro brought out Crocea Mors, running up and slicing any Beowulf in half.

Val would battle the Beowulfs, stabbing a some with her bow and shooting them dead with her arrows. She noticed a row of Beowulfs nearby and Pyro was close to them. "Pyro! Point your shield toward those Beowulfs over there!"

"Okay!" The redhead would aim his shield towards the row of Grimm.

"Perfect..." Val fires an arrow at Pyro's shield, causing the arrow to deflect and fire through the row of 5 Beowulfs.

"Whoa! Nice one!" Pyro said as he would stab and slice a couple of Beowulfs.

"Smart," Onyx remarked as she did a spin on a charging Beowulf, dodging its claws and bringing her blade across the back of the beast's neck, decapitating it. "Pyro, how confident are you in yourself?" She asked, trying to put her plan into motion. If she could get Pyro to focus on the Ram head which breathed fire with his shield, he would allow Phoenix to work on wither finishing the Kymera, or perhaps distract the Cockatrice.

As Jade dispatched her 14th Beowulf she scoffed to herself. Tch. We're getting nowhere like this. We need to do something about those two. The Kymera is obviously the bigger threat. But how...

Jade smiled as she got an idea. This might be dumb enough to work. She appeared from nowhere next to Phoenix. "Nix. Get ready. We're taking out the snake. While Titan has it distracted, I'm going to throw you. Use Thorn to slice it off. Then it'll be easy to sneak up on it."

Phoenix knew he should have taken Grandpa Tai's cardio training seriously, especially now that he was beginning to get tired. He tried to push away the pain in his legs and lungs as he continued to run. When Jade suddenly appeared beside her, he almost tripped on himself, but he nodded at her insane plan. "I'm ready whenever you are!" he stated as he stopped shooting. Summer paused her shooting as she crossed Phoenix and Jade. She didn't look back or got the chance to see what they were about to do, as she reloaded her pistols and began to take shots at the Cockatrice. It continued to follow her as she was the only one attacking it at the moment. It never was able to lock on her as she shot at its eyes and maneuvered through the trees. If she had a darker outfit, she would be able to hide easily, but bright pink was like a beacon in a sea of green.

Titan blocked the snake head of the Kymera, sidestepping and moving back in with his gauntlets up. The fire swathed against his aura, tearing at his clothes and skin with its ferocity, but Titan kept his approach. Watching all three heads was done out of the corner of his eye, his focus on the gaze of the cockatrice. If he looks only at me, then everyone else will be okay. The smile on his face showed more acceptance of the scenario than the thrill of the fight, the creeping feeling of stone growing in his body alerting him to his cause.

"Get rid of the Beowulfs! Focus on thinning the horde to only the two large Grimm! DON'T LOOK INTO THE COCKATRICE'S EYES!"

The sound of Thorn and Summer's twin pistols rang out, taking the cockatrice's attention from himself to the small girl revolving around the beast. "Summer get back!" Titan's voice rang out in a bark, worried more about the girl than himself. It showed as Titan looked away from the fire retreating from him, the ram head cleared the distance between them with a charge.

Titan turned in time to see the beast's horns connect with his large frame, sending him flying back into a tree. Even with the hit, the Kymera thumbed the ground to insight another charge to finish the man. The force was enough to collapse Titan, his arms moving slowly as he tried to get back up.

"Right. Here we go then." She said simply. She lifted up her partner with ease. Right now she'd probably but herself either on par or just below Titan in physical strength. It had only been a couple minutes since Jade had activated her aura but between the strength and the speed, both of which consumed aura at different rates, she'd put herself down by about a quarter of her total.

With one hand on the back of Phoenix's belt and the other grasping the back of his shirt, she spun once in a circle to gain momentum. Releasing so he'd fly right to it, it was at that moment her song ended.

She felt the strength and speed leaving her body as the source of her ability came to an end. She was already beginning to feel the effects. Her arms and legs felt like lead weights.

"Not good. Should have done a bit of a slower piece."

"Titan!" Onyx shouted, rushing over and standing about 15 feet ahead of Titan, holding both her sword and sheath in an X to block the ram. It connected and sent shockwaves through her arms, gritting her teeth and attempting to plant herself into the ground, sliding back until she was less than a foot away from Titan, but the beast luckily stopped. "You alright?" She asked between ragged breaths, still pressing against the ram head of the Kymera. She hoped it would stay still for just a few minutes longer so the Phoenix would be able to decapitate the snakehead.

"Like hell, I will!" Summer yelled back at her cousin, "You are not getting stone on my watch!" She took a quick glance at him and continued to shoot at the Cockatrice, running along the treeline. The farther she was the better from the beast as it was stuck flying in the middle of the clearing near the ever-present smoke. When she saw Titan got tackled by the Kymera's ram head, which made her stop in her tracks. The Cockatrice screeched as it began to make its way toward her. Summer hid behind a thick tree as she focused on the Kymera. Activating her semblance she took hold of the Kymera's legs in place. She thanked Onix under breath as she continued to shot the Cockatrice from coming any closer. Running was out of the question as she focused her semblance on the Kymera. She hid behind the tree, thankful of her small frame, and peeked here and there to see where the beasts were being held.

Phoenix was oddly uncomfortable with Jade's ability to pick him up and just send him flying, but it wasn't the right place or time to think about that. He let out Thorn's scythe form, activating the chainsaw on the Scythe's blade. He severed the snake's head with a bit of struggle, but he was able to do so as he rolled to a stop. He ran back into the forest as he continued his task in distracting the other beast along with his twin. He watched as Titan was saved by Onix and the Cockatrice was going after his sister. He activated his semblance onto her, hiding her from the Cockatrice, and took the initiative to take the beast for her.

The sound of an airship could be heard above them as a group of ten individuals began to jump out of the ship. Professor Shamrock was one of the first to land as he attacked the Cockatrice, taking it out of the sky. The Airship landed somewhere in the forest as the other researchers and soldiers landed in the opening. "Get the students!" Shamrock announced. Three of the researchers, weapons in hand, began to gather the students up and lead them to the airship. Phoenix dropped his semblance, but Summer continued to keep her hold on the Kymera. Blood was trickling out of her nose, showing Phoenix that the hold on the Beast was draining her extremely of her aura. Just as Summer was about to collapse, Phoenix scooped her up and began to follow the others to the airships.

"Take her!" he ordered as he handed his twin over to one of the researchers and headed to Titan, "Come on, we need to get you and Summer to a hospital." He looked over to Jade and noticed her walking a bit sluggish. He took her arm around his neck and helped her walk a bit faster. Shamrock continued to fight, making orders to the others as to where to hit the beast to get them to drop faster. The airship waited until all of the eight students were in the airship to take off, leaving the others behind to fight and wait for the reinforcements.

"Come on big guy." Onyx said, doing another elaborate spin as she kicked the Kymera off of them for a moment, then struggled to help Titan get up and walk to the airship. As little as she ended up using her semblance, she still felt exhausted from the sheer amount of strain from stopping a charging several hundred pound animal with a fifteen foot stopping distance. Once she got to the airship she released Titan and collapsed herself into a chair, incredibly tired. She was panting rather heavily and glanced around. "Is everyone... Alright...?" She asked.

Titan raised himself enough to see the ram staring him down, flames adjourning drool at the prospect of the large meal. The beast charged, but was stopped short by Onyx. Titan wanted to move to help, but the pain in his core was excruciating. Luckily she was able to stop the beast short of where he was recovering, giving Titan time to stand himself against the tree next to him. Through a slightly blurry gaze, Titan noticed the missing head of the beast. Looking to the figure he thought was Phoenix, he noticed the flailing snake head close to his chainsaw.

The rest was blurry, airships and soldiers descending, but Summer's semblance couldn't be missed as the beast recoiled from the unknown force holding it back. Titan felt useless as Onyx walked him to the airship, "Thanks for the save, I owe you." Titan's voice was strained from the weight on his chest and the smoke in his lungs. Phoenix joined them in the brisk walk, Jade over his shoulder. At the mention of hospital and Summer in the same sentence Titan's eyes went wide, silently praying it wasn't the cockatrice.

When Onyx released him, Titan moved to a seat next to Summer. "Just out of aura," Titan looked over the usual signs, something both himself and the twins had done before. Attempting to breath out a sigh of relief, the stress in his lungs caught up with him. Titan found his eyes heavy and reserve of adrenaline out, slipping into a state in between exhaustion and unconsciousness. Before closing his eyes Titan looked to the rest of the group, smiling that they were all in the airship before darkness overtook him.

"No probl-" she stopped speaking in an instant as her adrenaline faded, and tiredness was replaced with excruciating pain all across the left side of her body. Her breath quickened, her left arm felt shattered, and realized it was hard to move it at all. Her ribcage also was painful as hell, taking her good arm and carefully prodding her ribcage, trying to find where exactly it was cracked, taking in a sharp breath each time she found a spot where it cracked. "Ow..." She groaned out, her right arm just a throbbing pain as well, but actually usable.

She gingerly brought up her left sleeve and noticed the occasional piece of white close to the skin or poking through, which was no doubt bone fragments. "My arm is literally shattered..." She mumbled, finding it hard to speak. "We better... Get there soon... Because my arm isn't looking too good..." She said, then drifted off into a pain induced unconscious state.

~End of Mission~​

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Skyler Eden Sharp

Location: Hospital
Interacting: Saffron
Mentioned: Professor Sharp
Tags: Brinni

"You are an idiot for using up your aura to the point where you fainted," Skyler told him but continued to smile, "I'm just glad you are okay. That's what's important in the end of the day." She slipped her hand away from his and looked around the room. She had always hated this place. The white on white interior, just made her go insane, but she didn't let it bother her right now as she tried to distract herself. "My dad wants to put the heart bump back in, after what I did today... I guess we are both idiots," she told him, knowing he would know what it is.

On the last year they were together, she had a sudden heart failure when she used her semblance. Her father had been creating a simple device that would help stabilize her heart fasted, especially when she stops using her semblance. It always felt like a cold hand was crushing her heart. Sky turned back to Saf and announced, "If you are up for it, we are free to go. How's your throat? I tried sealing the puncture wound that bitch did to you." She leaned on the window as she crossed her arms across her chest, in a relaxed gesture.

 

[Brinni]

Saffron Auran Zephyr-Valkyrie

Location: Hospital

Nearby: Skye

@Tags: KarenAKAMint

Saffron blinked. "I didn't see how I had much choice but to go all in. You were busy with the kid and the other two members of our "team" seemed to barely be able to handle everyday thugs to come help us." Saffron put air quotes around the word team. "Then again, maybe it isn't their fault. Maybe they're just softer on what they teach their Huntsman in Vale than they are back home. Your pops excluded. I've still got the scar to prove he's no pushover"

Saffron wanted to say he didn't know where the bitter tone he was putting out was coming from, but that would be a lie. He had put everything in to that mission, he had even been ready to die...but it wasn't enough. He wasn't enough. At best he had forced a draw with Jester, even with the potential explosion of the getaway vehicle. But it was far more accurate to say that he had lost that confrontation.

He looked up at the mention of the heart pump and softened. "I mean...you're worse than I am when it comes to over doing it. But you don't need it. Not as long as you're more careful with your semblance. I'm the one who is supposed to make all the really stupid decisions remember?" He smiled at her.

He looked out the door, eyeing the nurses. "Throat feels fine, but I dunno Skye. I may need to stay for a little while." At the look on Skye's face he immediately changed his mind. "But maybe going to see who else we're dealing with on our side wouldn't be such a bad thing. At the very least I should say hi to Sage. It's been a while since I've seen him....and yet he doesn't seem to have grown much...."

He flipped back the cover of his bed, got up and walked over to the chair that his clothes were on, the lattice work of scars on his back towards Skye. He changed into his clothes with no sense of embarrassment at Skye being in the room, it was nothing she hadn't seen already since she was usually the one that patched him up back home. He looked over his shoulder as he finished.

"So? Where to?"

 

[IG42]

Quest: Riot ControlCirrus Jay Schnee & Croc Sustrai

Location: Riot Area
Nearby: Team CROC
@Tags: ChazGhost The Suspicious Eye

Cirrus glanced at the fallen "Grimm" in concern unsure why the bodies weren't fading away like they usually did but he quickly filed the thought away for later as the remaining Brutus' were rushing him and Croc in a blind rage.

Taking a quick look around he spotted a particularly narrow alleyway between two buildings only wide enough for a few people side by side. "Croc over here we can hem them in good and tight in the alley." Between the flexibility of his own weapon and the compact size of Croc's they could easily fight in the more enclosed space while preventing the Grimm from being able to get a good swing in at them.

Croc looked over to the alley Cirrus pointed out. "Got ya fly guy" Croc said turning and running into the alleyway. Once in the alley Croc grappled hooked onto window frame above and started going up quickly so he could the drop on the grimm once they entered alleyway. And soon after he was followed by the grimm.

The cramped space of the alley forced the three Grimm into single file as they looked up and dug their hands into the walls to start climbing again.

As they punched through the brickwork Cirrus landed on the rooftop and dispelled his wings. "Distract the one in the middle, I'm going to need to be grounded for this."

Holding his collapsed weapon in his left hand he raised his right arm and conjured up the spectral form of the massive fist from the Brutus he had already felled. "Go now!" As he barked out the order he leaped off the edge of the roof and boosted straight down with a glyph slamming the massive fist into the head of the Grimm that had made it furthest into the alley. The massive impact flattened the creature against the ground, quickly regaining his footing Cirrus aimed his weapon at the largest crack in the Grimm's skull and fired the tip of his weapon into it's head for good measure before fleeing on foot, inwardly he cursed not being proficient enough to fly and perform such a large summoning simultaneously.

"You got it" Croc said with smirk jumping down from the window frame and onto the grimm in the middle, which unluckly for the grimm was the same one Croc was fighting before. "I'm back big tall and bloody. Ready for round two?" Croc said as he began to stab at the grimm "neck". The grimm then tried to slam Croc in the wall behind them, but Croc was to quick jumped of before he could. As the Grimm was stun for second Croc shot three ice dust bullets at it's face as he landed to the ground. "All muscle and no brains or speed" Croc said to himself as Cirrus yelled out the order to "Go now". Croc wasn't to sure what he meant until he saw him coming down. Croc then hurriedly ran to other side of alley. "So one is down and out, one bloody with a ice cube for a head, and one more is still doing pretty good. These guy aren't as impressive as I thought." Croc said shaking his head with big smirk as Cirrus started to flee.

Skidding to a halt next to his partner Cirrus watched as the block-headed Grimm gave a muffled roar and stumbled around bashing it's head on the walls trying to break the ice preventing the last Grimm from reaching the two students, looking at the enemy he had just killed Cirrus frowned again. "What is with these things?" This corpse wasn't disintegrating either even after he had made sure it was dead. "Something's different about these Grimm, think we could capture one?" At moment the unencumbered Grimm leaped over it's debilitated ally and landed in front of them. With a gesture Cirrus created a time dilation glyph that covered both him and his partner. "Death by a thousand cuts! Before the other one recovers."

"We can try to catch one but we kinda don't have a cage... or chains... or tranquilizers..." Croc commented on Cirrus question. Then the final unhurt grimm charged at them. Croc quickly felt the glyph's power. "Sounds good to me!" Croc said charging at the grimm before sliding under it cut at it legs as he did so. Then he got up and start slicing and stabbing at the unprotected parts of it's back.

"Well not so much capture as hack it's limbs off and see if it survives." Cirrus shrugged and followed his partner, turning his weapon into a wild blur of motion raining blows on the Grimm's front. Snarling the Grimm whipped back and forth trying futilely to grab at the two huntsmen, staggering as the injuries mounted it tried to sweep them away with it's arms but got caught up on the narrow walls.

Kicking off of the wall he effortlessly sailed over a slow-motion last ditch swing just before the effect wore off and saw the other Grimm pull it's head out of a wall with the the ice crumbling off of the left side of it's face. "Behind you Croc!" He yelled as he landed and shot the spear tip of his weapon into and existing wound on the lead Grimm's neck, with a savage tug he yanked the tip free and tore it's neck open along a string smaller cuts making the beast crumple it a heap.

"Well that's a but disturbing... Lets do it" Croc said with a shrug and smirk as the grimm behind him almost finished getting the ice of it's face. Then when Cirrus warned him the grimm was about to head but Croc was able jump back in the last second. The grimm's head hit the ground and broke the remaining ice off it's face.

"So were going to cut off this guys limbs... I can distract him if you think you can cut the limbs off... If not then really kill it becuase I can't his limbs with my weapons... While he's "alive" at least." Croc said turning Cirrus. Then Croc charged at the grimm and jumped over him. Then as the grimm turned around Croc quickly reloaded his weapon with fire dust bullets. Croc then smirked as grimm began swinning and he dodged fairly easily and sliced at the swinging arms a few times.

Hopping over the Grimm he had just felled Cirrus considered Croc's comments, neither of them had the sort of weapon that could carry out his plan feasibly and the tide of battle seemed to have carried them a fair distance away from Io and her much more heavy hitting weapon, still he felt that there was something more going on than just throwing a pack of Grimm at a crowd going on and having a live specimen would be incredibly helpful.

"Alright new plan!" He called out to Croc as he summoned up the Brutus fist again. "See how much it takes to knock it out." Skidding under a wild swing Cirrus punched the Grimm in the solar plexus knocking the wind out of it and nearly doubling it over, taking a long step back he wound up and knocked it over on it's back with a massive uppercut, leaping up he finished with bringing the giant fist down on it's face digging it into the concrete and shattering the summoned limb.

Hopping off of the downed Grimm Cirrus tried to shake off the alarming numbness creeping into his limbs signifying that he was at his limit for such large summonings particularly after having only just acquired the Brutus fist. "Ok if it gets up from that, kill it."

"So smart guy, what now?" Croc said looking at the knocked out Brutus. "Are we going to drag it some where to put in cage so some one can study it or somthing?" Croc said looking back up at Cirrus. As Croc wait for an answer he kept his the gun in weapon aimed the Brutus head in case it woke up.

Stumbling a little Cirrus switched his weapon into spear form and poked the Grimm a few times, it didn't stir. "We wait for backup to arrive and have them call in to get it caged up properly. Give me a sec and I'll check on Bruno and Io, it sounds like they're done out there and they can help hold this thing down." Pausing he looked out at the street uneasily. "That is assuming they're alright." He shook his head and walked towards the alley entrance. "Back in a minute."

Poking his head out into the street he called out. "Io! Bruno! You guys still there? We need a hand with something over here."

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Skyler Eden Sharp

Location: Hospital
Interacting: Saffron
Mentioned: Professor Sharp, Sage, Teams PRIW and SABL
Tags: WoodenZebra Brinni

Skyler tried to not laugh as she recalled the night Saffron tried to sneak into her house, only to get caught at blade point by her father. If Skyler wasn't nearby to stop Larimar, Saf would have been sent to the hospital or dead. That's the downfall of having a protective father to think about three ladies in his house. "I know... I have to practice with my semblance more," she stated, "And I remember, but I didn't have you to stop me from doing stupid decisions."

She gave another look at Safron as she continued, "I mean if you want to stick around, go for it." She looked out the window and noticed a group of individuals came out of an airship at the front of the Hospital. She didn't hear or see Saffron get out of bed as she continued to look at what looked like huntsmen being wheeled into the building. Some looked perfectly fine, but some were clearly in pain as the others followed behind them. She noticed the white set of hair of her father as he talked to a young man, a student, now that she saw them interacting.

"So? Where to?"

Skyler snapped out of it as she looked at a fully dressed Saffron. "Ah... I guess we can to the dorms and see Sage. Or we can check on the group of students that had just arrived at the hospital... They seem to know my dad, maybe we should get to know them since we will be in class with them." She walked up to him as Skyler put her long coat on before she walked out of his room.




Phoenix Rose

Location: Hospital
Nearby: Pyro, Ivory, Jade, Val, Sharp Family and Saffron
@Tags: KingofCool Brinni Black Jade

The flight over to the hospital was intense for Phoenix as he watched his sister's team, all but Val, in pain. He draped his jacket over her as he sat across from her. He knew she would be fine since it wasn't the first time she had fainted from overusing her semblance, but it still worried him. He turned to look over at Titan and Onyx were trying to stay still due to the pain. The others were silent for most of the ride as reports continued to come in from Professor Shamrock. It seemed like they were able to subdue the Grimm and were currently researching the area.

"We have arrived," the co-pilot announced as the doors opened up.

Phoenix carried Summer out of the airship and sat her in a wheelchair before she was wheeled away to a recovery room. As for Titan and Onyx, they were taken into surgery for their broken bones. When Nix was about to walk toward the location they had taken his sister to, he bumped into Professor Sharp and who looked like his wife. "Professor Sharp? Did you get called here to see our arrival?" he asked as he stood in front of the pair.

"Mr. Rose," Sharp acknowledged but then asked, "What do you mean? Did something go wrong in your team's mission as well?" Phoenix was shocked to hear that his group wasn't the only ones that were sent to the hospital. "What do you mean? Did anyone else come back injured?" he asked worried about the others, mostly about a specific person he had in mind. Sharp was about to answer when he noticed a pale looking young lady and a tall and well-built young man coming out of the elevator. The Professor didn't need to tell him that she was his daughter since the resemblance was clearly there from their eyes and hair.

"We came for my daughter, Skyler, and her..." he paused, eyeing Saffron up and down, "older friend... They were placed in Team SEAS and got into some complications during their mission." Skyler gave her father a stern look, Good to know it runs in the family, and then just crossed her arms before nodding at Phoenix. "Nice to meet you guys..." Nix answered and turned to the others in the group that were still around, "These are my teammates, Pyro, Ivory, and Jade. And Valintine is apart of my sister's team... she's currently in one of the recovery rooms..."

 

[Brinni]

Saffron Auran Zephyr-Valkyrie

Location: Hospital

Nearby: Nix,Jade, Val, Professor Sharp, Skyler, Pyro
@Tags: KarenAKAMint KingofCool

Saffron stepped out of the elevator to see Professor Sharp and his wife standing around with a few others.After the brown haired boy introduced himself as Phoenix He doesn't look like he'd burn very bright....quite the opposite he addressed Sharp, more politely than he used to back home. "Professor Sharp. It's good to see you again sir. Fate does have a funny way of keeping some people together doesn't it. I look forward to being in your class" He turned to the others gathered. "I'm Saffron. The pleasure is all yours." he made a large sweeping bow towards the assembled students.

As he did, and stood back up, his eyes took in the other students, analyzing them. Based on raw fighting strength he was pretty sure he had an advantage. That was without weapons or use of Semblance though. He felt a nudge from Skye and realized that he shouldn't be thinking of his new allies as possible enemies. It was just habit from back home in his section of Mistral. Outside of the academy walls it was a dangerous place, his back could attest to that. He shook the thoughts clear and smiled
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JadeJade took in the two new additions to their class. The faunas intrigued her. Bird faunas were exceedingly rare, almost never seen outside of Mistral.She rolled her eyes at his introduction. Great. He's full of himself.

"I'm Jade. Nice to meet you both." Addressing the rest of her team and Valentine she said "We should try to get some rest. Not like we can do much for the others right now."

 

[KarenAKAMint]

Phoenix Rose

Location: Hospital
Interacting: Pyro, Ivory, Jade, Val, Sharp Family and Saffron
Mentioned: Summer, Titan, and Ruby Rose
@Tags: KingofCool Brinni Hibiscus

Phoenix agreed with Jade and said, "You guys go ahead, I'm going to stay with Summer and Titan... I'll go back to the dorms when I know they are going to be okay." Nix began to walk toward the Elevator just as he called out, "Again, nice to meet you too." He rode the elevator to the recovery floor and was able to find Summer's room easily. It broke his heart to see her in this state. His phone went off as it has been in from the first time it happened before the ambush of Grimm arrived. He took out his phone to find a long list of missed calls and messages from his mother.

As he read through the messages, it became clear that his mother had heard from someone on what happened and it had made her extremely worried. "Everything is okay, we were just not ready to find what we did..." he answered his mother through a text, "...Summer is recovering from using up her semblance, but it's Titan I'm worried about. He's currently in surgery..." It wasn't even a few moments after he sent the message, that he got a message back, "WHAT!? We are coming back to Vale!"

Phoenix quickly send her back a message, "No! You are in a middle of a mission, this conversation would never have happened if I answered the first message. Finish the mission." With that, the messages stopped. Ruby Rose had taught them to finish their missions since things could go wrong when you give them room to become worst then they should. If she didn't finish her current mission what would that be saying to Summer and Phoenix? It would only make things look bad for her.



Skyler Eden Sharp

Location: Hospital
Interacting: Pyro, Phoenix, Ivory, Jade, Val, Sharp Family and Saffron
Mentioned: Schafer and Sage
Tags: WoodenZebra Brinni

Skyler watched Phoenix leave the group as she was left in the safety of strangers. If she was going to escape the Hospital from her father, it would be now or never. "It was nice to meet you all," she smiled and began to drag Saffron with her, "We really should head back to the dorms and finally get to know our teammates properly..." She gave her mother a quick smile and a wave to the other as she took in the evening air. She let out a deep and audible sigh as she looked up to the sky. "I'm not looking forward to seeing my father every day in class now..." she announced as turned to Saffron, "I just want to take a nap once we get to the dorms."

 

[KingofCool]

Pyro Arc

Location: Hospital
Nearby: Jade, Ivory, Val, Sharp Family, Saffron, Skylar
@Tags: Brinni Black Jade KarenAKAMint

"..." The redhead was deadly silent.

"Pyro? Are... Are you okay?" Val asked the silent boy.

"... I'm... really worried about Summer. Is... she going to be okay...? I... I just..." Tears start to well up in his eyes. "I wish I could have done something... I-If I had, then Summer might've come out okay... I was useless..."

"It's not your fault... and you weren't useless! You helped out a lot! I'm sure Sum is proud. Plus, I never would've made that awesome shot with that cool shield of yours!"

"... That was really cool, huh?" Pyro slowly started to smile again. He was already feeling better.

"Hell yeah it was. I promise, Sum's gonna be okay."

 

[Brinni]

Saffron Auran Zephyr-Valkyrie

Location: Hospital
Nearby: Skye
@Tags: KarenAKAMint

Saffron cocked his head at his long time friend. "If anyone can deal with getting lectured by their father literally every day Sky, it's you. Plus more importantly, you'll have me to make it more interesting. Right?"

A smile crept across his face. "So Sky....If you'd like some company I'd be more than happy to join you for your nap. Though sleep might be out of reach in that case"

At her reaction, he sucked in his breath then smiled. "Ouch. Another strikeout. Oh well. So, you wanna walk to the dorms or fly?"